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Also on the transportation schedules page that appeared in a July 1900 issue of The Adirondack News, were the following lines…

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Crosby Transportation Company (continued…)

The fastest of the three Fulton Chain steamers of the Crosby Transportation Company was the “Zip,” used as an express vessel after the “Webb,” built in 1897 by the Burton Brothers and Fred Hess, was purchased in 1899.

But the schedule that appeared in The Adirondack News in 1900 reflects it still being used for regular runs.

The other primary steamers of the company were the “Fulton” and the “C. L. Stowell.”

In 1898, the “Zip” had collided with the “C.L. Stowell” in a rainstorm after leaving Harrison’s Berkeley Lodge camp, sank and was later raised. Both ships were repaired in short order.

When Dr. Webb purchased the vessels of the defunct company in the spring of 1901, he formed the Fulton Navigation Company and the steamers “Fulton,” “Zip,” “C. L. Stowell” and “Webb” (just renamed “J. L. Connell”) were given the romantic names “Mohegan,” “Old Forge,” “Nehasane” and “Uncas.” Continue reading →