Old Shipping Days in Oswego

263 pp. Illustrated with black & white photographs and sketches. A history of Oswego's development into one of New York State's most important port towns in the heyday of the Erie Canal and ship-based transit. CONTENTS: Ship Building in Oswego; Shipping Conditions Limited in Early Oswego by Shallow Water; Passenger Boat Service; Story of the Vandalia and the Revenue Cutter Jefferson; Flour Mills and Elevators; The Lumber Trade; The Ferry and Bridges; The First Light Houses; The First Piers and Grampus Bay; Coast Guard Stations; Wrecks in and near Oswego and U.S. Coast Guard Disaster; Boats Built at Oswego and Where They Were Lost or Abandoned; Vessels Familiar to Oswego and Where They Were Lost Or Abandoned; Early Pioneers and Business Men of Oswego; Wooden Ships and Iron Men; Sketch of Early Oswego (1721-1852).