Vessels Built at Ogdensburg

Vessels Built at Ogdensburg (Oswegatchie) N.Y.

(Mostly St. Lawrence Marine Railway)

Gross

Name

Registration

Type

Masts

Year Built

Builder

Length

Beam

Depth

Tonnage

Notes

Ada

29799

Scow

Schooner

2

1874

8

Ajax

29970

Scow

Schooner

2

1886

39

Annex

29962

Barge

1885

98

Ark

29503

Scow

Schooner

2

1867

G.W. Pearson

64'

16'3"

3'

38

Badger

31223

Schooner

2

1869

46

Benjamin Harrison

31526

Schooner

2

1889

38

Out of service, 1895

Buckey State

229778

Propeller

1930

St. Lawrence Marine

245'

43'

17'

1,180

Scrapped by 1956

Repair Dock Co.

Hull #2

Caroline

Steamboat

1822

71'

20'5"

5'5"

45

Cataract

Steamboat

1

1847

209'6"

27'6"

10'4"

577

Champlain

5848

Propeller

1870

A.C. Keating

185'4"

33'2"

12'5"

835

Later "City of Charlevoix"

and "Kansas." Burned

Manistee, Mich., Oct. 27, 1924

City of Ogdensburg

Barque

3

1853

135'

25'4"

11"

340

Built at "Black River"

City of Toledo

5586

Propeller

1868

A.C. Keating

135'4"

26'

10'7"

413

Ashore, Ludington, Mich.,

Dec. 21, 1879

City of Troy

Steamer

1863

Harrison C. Pearson

172'

24'

6'6"

262

Became barge, 1878

Collector

Schooner

2

1809

Jonathan Brown

50

Sold to U.S. Government during

War of 1812, renamed "Pert"

Colonel By

C80911

Tugboat

1881

Lyon

45'

9'

3'

9

Coral

Schooner

2

1865

Harrison C. Pearson

90'5"

24'5"

7'

115

Cresco

126020

Propeller

1882

A. Woods

75'

17'

5'

62

Burned,  Oct., 1908

Curlew

5695

Tugboat

1867

77'4"

20'

6'

63

David Utley

6360

Steamer

1862

91'6"

17'1"

6'9"

130

Abandoned, 1888

E.N. Fairchild

Steamer

1862

93'

17'

6'

63

E. B. Allen

Schooner

2

1864

Harrison C. Pearson

111'

22'5"

9.8"

385

Sunk in collision, Sept. 18,

1871, Lake Huron

Eagle

Schooner

2

1863

Harrison C. Pearson

91'6"

18'4"

7'4"

116

Built on an old bottom

Empire State

228732

Propeller

1929

St.Lawrence Marine

244'4"

43'4"

14'5"

1,692

Built for Federal Motorship Co.

Repair Dock Corp.

Scrapped, 1953, Baltimore, Md.

Hull #1

Experiment

Schooner

2

1809

Jonathan Brown

53

Sold to U.S. Government during

in 1812, renamed "Growler"

Captured by British at Oswego,

May 5, 1814, renamed "Hamilton"

Sold Canadian 1815.

Garden City

85293

Propeller

1873

H. Miller

133'4"

26'

11'8"

457

Burned, Feb. 10, 1902, near

Bay City, Mich.

Genesee Packet

Schooner

2

1810

Obed Mayo

66'

24'6"

7'2"

83

Last enrolled in Oswego, 1824

Grenada

C85711

Propeller

1883

A.& W.J. Wood

80'

15'3"

4'

57

Scrapped April 12, 1911

Dundee, Quebec

Gull

10247

Sloop

1

1865

51'

14'9"

4'3"

25

Gone by 1933.

Haldimand

Snow

1771

67'

24'8"

8'8"

150

18 guns, out of service, 1787

Indian Chief

12221

Propeller

1865

19

Ferry, abandoned 1878

J.S. McCullough

Schooner

2

1863

Harrison C. Pearson

85'

19'3"

7'

112

Sunk, March 7, 1869,

collision, Lake Michigan

Lancet

140642

Steam

Yacht

1879

Wood Brothers

83'

11'

4'2"

35

Abandoned, 1922

Levi P. Morton

48590

Scow

38

Scrapped 1895

M. Massey

17120

Propeller

1862

Harrison C. Pearson

94'7"

17'

7'

105

Burned, Nov. 20, 1883

Chester, Pa.

Mariner

16460

Brig

2

1856

G. W. Pearson

133'

26'

11'6"

369

Mary Hatt

Schooner

2

1810

50

Captured from British,

1812, renamed "Raven";

Sold, 1815

Mary P. Hall

92892

C121825

Tugboat

1898

St.Lawrence Marine

80'5"

19'6"

10'4"

96

Abandoned, 1934

Railway Co.

Mayflower

Schooner

2

1857

George Alt

107'

23'11'

10'

227

McClellan

Sloop

1

1852

39

"Open scow"

Milwaukee

17984

Propeller

1868

A.C.Keating

135'5"

26'1"

10'9"

419

Wrecked July 8, 1886.

Lake Michigan, in collision

Minnie K.

91774

Tugboat

1885

A.& W.J. Wood

39'

15'

4'

37

Mirage

Steam

Tugboat

1

1867

64'

15'

5'

35

Abandoned, 1892

New York

18317

Ferry

1862

G.W. Pearson

95'

18'5"

6'11"

112

Paddle wheel, burned

Deseronto, Ont., 1878

Oswegatchie

Schooner

2

ca.1816

58

Oswegatchie

Schooner

2

1843

72'8"

14'3"

5'

55

Oswegatchie

19189

Propeller

1867

Harrison C. Pearson

135'

26'

11'

350

Lost Nov. 21, 1891 off

Sturgeon Bay, Lake Huron

Pandora

150466

Tugboat

1889

42'

12'5"

5'5"

13

R.J. Atcheson

21472

Tugboat

1867

13

Abandoned, 1879

Prescott

Sloop

1

1831

William Capes

31

Rio Grande

Schooner

2

1856

119'3"

24'6"

10'4"

276

Romp

Schooner

2

1834

71'4"

12'5"

5'1"

41

St. Lawrence

Steamboat

1863

120'

31'

9'3"

244

Sidewheel

Abandoned 1873

S.F. Phelps

222997

Propeller

1862

Harrison C. Pearson

94'6"

17'6"

7'3"

110

Lost, 1883

Seneca

Snow

1771

84'

24'8"

9'

130

18 guns

Southwest

22359

Schooner

1866

Harrison C. Pearson

137'

26'

11'

387

Foundered, Lake Superior,

Sept. 18, 1898

United States

Steamboat

1832

William Capes

143'2"

26'7"

11'

386

Involved in the Patriot War

Scrapped, Oswego, 1843

Vailina

161771

Propeller

1896

60'

10'

5'

15

Volunteer

25669

Schooner

2

1863

Harrison C. Pearson

72'

18'

6'

71

W.L. Manning

Schooner

2

1848

86

Walter B. Allen

26561

Schooner

2

1866

Harrison C. Pearson

136'8"

26'2"

11'1"

296

Lost, April 16, 1880

Lake Michigan; wreck discovered 1978.

Widgeon

Propeller

1

1863

Harrison C. Pearson

65'

16'4"

6'

56

William Armstrong

80613

Car ferry

1876

A.& W.J. Wood

105'

31'

9'4"

181

Abandoned 1938 at Trenton, Ont.

Also called "Mons Meg, 1913"

William Wheeler

62873

Schooner

barge

3

1884

137'

25'

11'

309

Built on bottom of "Sam Cook"

Sunk, 8 miles off Charlotte, Lake

Ontario, Aug. 8, 1893

William C. Pierrepont

26628

Propeller

1862

G.W. Pearson

93'4"

17'2"

7'1"

110

Abandoned 1897

Other Vessels Built Nearby

Enterprise

Ferry

1869

25

Built at Massena

Sunk, April, 1876

Guide

85926

Tugboat

1884

64'

14'

4'

47

Built at Massena

Burned April 5, 1895

at Oswego

Industry

33956

Barge

1872

23

John Harris

Schooner

2

80'

14'6"

5'

44

Built at

Oak Point*

John Webster

75615

Ferry

1874

John Harris

23

214973

Ferry

1917

Thomas Thurston

101'

26'

7'

150

Built, Morristown, renamed

Lawrence, 1920;

Long Sault

Abandoned 1934

Magnet

Sloop

1

1856

41'

11'

4'2"

25

Built at Massena

Paul Pry

Schooner

2

1844

R.B. Chapman

78'2"

14'

6'2"

63

Built at Morristown

Steamboat

1830

Paul Byington

75'

12'4"

5'5"

50

Ferry, built at Heuvelton,

also used on Black Lake

Rossie

Steamboat

1837

Edward Beaupre

68'3"

13'2"

5'

59

Built at Morristown,

used on Black Lake

St. Lawrence

Schooner

2

1830

Venus

209930

Propeller

1912

64'5"

14'7"

5'6"

59

Built at Massena

57734

Schooner

2

1873

30

Wave

Schooner

2

1841

63'

12'

4'

28

Built at Morristown

*Oak Point is 18 miles above Ogdensburg