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August she was cUD pleted ana was moved
by her machinery from the ship yard to the
Jersey shore. This vessel was called the
Clermont, and was 100 feet long, twelve
feet wide and seven feet deep. The cylin-
der of the engine was twenty-four inches
in diameter and had four foot stroke of
piston. The Clermonts capacity was 100
tons. She left the ferry stairs, foot of
CORTLAND street, New York, on Friday,
September 4th, 1907, under command of
Captain Samuel Wiswall, and made the
passage to Albany, $50 miles in thirty-two
hours. The charges to each passenger
were as follows:
To Newburgh, $500 Time IA hrs.
" Poughkeepsie, 400 II
" Esopus, 800 20
" Hudson, $50 30
Albany, 100 30
The next spring, that of 1903, steam
boat was built and launched into Lake
Champlain at the foot of King street Bur
lington, VT, by j. Winans and j. Tough.
This boat was named Vermont, and com
menced her trips in 1909, for the transpor-
tation of passengers and freight between
Whitehall, New York, and st. Johns,
Canada. She was 1870 feet long, twenty feet
wide and eight feet deep, with "A speed of
four miles an hour. Capt. John Winans.
Sunk near Isle Au NOiX, Canada, in Octo-
Der, 1915
First Phoenix built at Nergennes for
the Champlan Transportation Company
in 1915, Roberts, builder length lag feet,
width twenty seven feet, depth nine and
one-fourth feet: speed, eight miles an
hour; Captain j. sherman. Burnt Sep
TENDER 9Th, 1919
Champlain built at Nergennes in 1916
by and for j. Winans length ninety feet,
width twenty feet. depth eight feet; speed
five miles per hour Captain George
Brush. Burnt at Whitehall in 1871
Congress built at Nergennes in 1918 by
Gorham for j. Sherman los feet long
twenty-seven feet wide and eight feet
deep speed eight miles an hour Cap
tain X. w. Sherman. Condemned in
1885.
Second Phoenix built at Vergennes in
1920 for j. sherman Young q Gorham,
builders length $50 feet, breadth twenty
six feet, depth nine and one half feet {;
speed, eight miles per hour Captain J
Sherman. Condemned'in 1881
General Green built for Champlan
Ferry company at Shelburn in 1925 Phil
fps & White, builders ; seventy-five feet
long, twenty-five feet wide, eight feet
deep speed, eight miles per hour Cap
tain Dan Lyon. Converted into a sloop in
: 1888.
Franklin; built at st. Adams Bay in 1927
: for the Champlain Transportation com
+ pany Collins, builder; 1872 feet long,
: twenty-five feet wide and nine feet deep
II, r.,
f Sherman. Condemned in 1898
3 Washington built at Essex, New York,
; in 1927 for Ross & McNiel Charles sam.
son, builder ninety-two feet long, TWEEN
ty and a half wide and eight and halt
deep Captain james Snow. Condemned
in 1916.
= McDonough built at st. Adams Bay in
q 1928 for the st. Adams Steamboat com
; pany ; Elijah Phillips. builder eighty.
y nine feet long, twenty and one-half feet
wide, eight and half feet deep Captain
{ William Burton Lost in Button Bay
} near Westport III 1871, running on rect
. while trying to pick up IA canal boat. The
engines were taken out and the hull aban
doned.
Z The Winooskl was built in 1892 at Bur
lington, VT, for the Champlain Ferry
. company, by l.. 5. White She was il
command of Captain Dan Lyon and wa.
, 1876 feet long, twenty and a half wide anC
eight and one-halt feet deep, with speed
of ten miles an hour. Condemned in 1919
Water Witch was built for j. Sherman
r at + TT CaSsiu in 1892 by Samuel Wood
!, ninety feet long, seventeen wide anC
:, eigNl feet deep speed, eight miles PEE
II hour; Captain Duff Green. Converted
l. into Il schooner in 1896.
} The Burlington was built for the Cham
plain Transportation company in 1887 Il
Shelburn Harbor, 10y l.. 5. White Wa
= 100 feet long, twenty-five feet wide an,
g nine feet deep, with speed of tifteel
u miles per hour Captain h. w. Sherman
r Condemned in 1852
e The Whitehall was built at Whitehall
IS n. Y, in 1898 by Samuel Wood for tn
h Champlain Transportation company
1t Length 2l5 feet, width twenty three fee
t. and depth nine feet speed fifteen mile
an hour Captain Dan Lyon. Condemn
ed in 1852
n Saranac built at Shelbum Harbor i
h 1912 for the Champlain Transportatio
If company by l.. S. White. Captain Wm
~ Phillips; lG6 feet long, twenty-five fee
wide and nine feet deep, with IA speed {
ol fourteen miles an hour. Condemned i
ir 1856.
v. Francis Saltus; built at Whitehall i
a. 1914 for Peter Comstock and others; Tho
is Colyer, builders 100 feet long, twenty
,e five feet wide and nine feet deep speed
IS fifteen miles an hour Captain II. q. III,
it dale. Condemned in 1859
MS James II. Hooker; built at Whiteha
s. in lS+5 by George Colyer for the Norther
Transportation company captain, Sill
Hlnckley. This was the first steam PR
lg peller built on Lake Champlain She wa
is used to carry freight and two sloops an
rs canal boats, being the pioneer of the TOW
20 ing business. When first built she carrie
o. sails and had a CENTER board The IN
49, chinery was removed from the hull son
o years ago. The hull has been used fl
o several years as an excursion barge, an
'e' at the time of writing lies at Whitehall
New DIX.
Montreal; hull built in Whitehall
'e' lS45 for Peter Comstock and others &c
hit Colyer, builder. Sold to the -Champa
to Transportation company in 1917 move
nd to Shelburn Harbor in 1913, hauled OF
~, and housed; was finished and launched
IN 1855 2O5 feet long, twenty-five feet wi,
lie. and nine feet deep, with speed of fife,
'as miles per hour. Came out under CAPITA
ms Henry Mayo in 1856, Burnt at Maqua
Bay in 1879.
The steamer United States was built
rth Shelburn Harbor in 1917 by Mr. Capes f
the Champlain Transportation compan
tod She was 2iS feet long, twenty-eight fe
Deu . wide and ten feet deep, with speed
'hu eighteen miles per hour, Captain p.
urt Davis
yes Ethan Allen built at Shelburn Harb
led by Mr.. Capes for the Merchants Line
on la7. Captain n. b. Proctor. Dismantl
sed in 1878
Boston; built at Shelburn Harbor {
Bradley q Garfield in 1851 by l.. 5. Whit
ion l35 feet long, twenty six feet wide a
nine feet Hpan with a Of ia