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Hammondsport & Keuka Lake A History

Hammondsport & Keuka Lake A History. Steamboats and the Lake. Steamboats and the Lake. “Cricket” and “Yates” docked in Penn Yan. Steamboats and the Lake. The “Keuka” 80 feet long, 30 foot beam Had an upper and lower deck Boilers were wood-fired Max speed of 8 knots

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Hammondsport & Keuka Lake A History

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  1. Hammondsport &Keuka Lake A History

  2. Steamboats and the Lake

  3. Steamboats and the Lake “Cricket” and “Yates” docked in Penn Yan

  4. Steamboats and the Lake The “Keuka” • 80 feet long, 30 foot beam • Had an upper and lower deck • Boilers were wood-fired • Max speed of 8 knots • Dismantled in 1845 due to being run aground and put out of commission

  5. Steamboats and the Lake “Steuben I” • Built at Hammondsport for A. M. Adsit and John M. Davis • It was a side-wheeler that was 126 feet long and was 19 feet in beam • She was consumed by fire at a Penn Yan dock to end her sailing days in July 1864

  6. Steamboats and the Lake “Steuben I” At Keuka Landing

  7. Steamboats and the Lake “George R. Youngs” / “Steuben II” • 130 feet long, 19 foot beam • Powered with a condensing engine • Used in general freight, passenger and towing business • In 1871 it was changed to the “Steuben II” • Dismantled in 1879

  8. Steamboats and the Lake “George R. Youngs” / “Steuben II”

  9. Steamboats and the Lake The “Keuka II” • Constructed in 1867 in Geneva, then shipped to Keuka Lake via the Keuka Outlet Canal • Screw Steamer • 60 feet long, 12 foot beam • In 1873 it was lengthened to 75 feet and fitted with a high pressure engine • 1875 sold and sent to Lake Ontario

  10. Steamboats and the Lake The “Yates” • Built in 1872 • 115 feet long, 20 foot beam • Engine was used to power the “Arnot” on Seneca Lake • 1878 collided with the sail boat “Jolly,” with no serious damage done to either vessel • Burned at a Penn Yan dock in 1883

  11. Steamboats and the Lake The “Yates”

  12. Steamboats and the Lake The “Yates”

  13. Steamboats and the Lake “LULU”

  14. Steamboats and the Lake “LULU” • Built in 1875 at Hammondsport • 78 feet long, 13 foot beam • Powered by a double cylindered, geared, high pressure engine • Dismantled in 1896

  15. Steamboats and the Lake The “Urbana”

  16. Steamboats and the Lake The “Urbana” • Built in 1880 • 120 feet long, 20 foot beam • This side-wheeler was unique in that the iron figure of a deer was placed astride the pen at the pivot point of the walking beam • Dismantled in Hammondsport in 1904

  17. Steamboats and the Lake “Holmes”

  18. Steamboats and the Lake “Holmes” • Built in 1883 • 120 feet long, 20 foot beam • 325 hp engine drove the steamer at a speed of 14 knots • The upper deck was extended to the bow, which was unheard-of until this boat • Renamed the “Yates II” in 1891

  19. Steamboats and the Lake “William L. Halsey”

  20. Steamboats and the Lake “William L. Halsey” • 130 feet long, 20 foot beam • 325 hp engine drove the steamer at a speed of 14 knots • Nearly identical to the Holmes

  21. Steamboats and the Lake “The West Branch”

  22. Steamboats and the Lake “The West Branch” • 65 feet long, 14 foot beam • Later lengthened to 75 feet • Dismantled in 1902

  23. Steamboats and the Lake “The Mary Belle”

  24. Steamboats and the Lake “The Mary Belle” • Built in 1891 • 150 feet long, 25 foot beam • Steel Hull • Double boilers provided power to the twin triple-expansion engines of 700 horsepower coupled to twin screws • Became stuck in the mud just to be pulled out with a combination of three other steamers to free her when she was first launched due to her 6 foot draft • Gasoline engines were installed and superstructure cut down to size dramatically • Renamed the Penn Yan, and then demolished due to a rotting hull

  25. Steamboats and the Lake “Cricket”

  26. Steamboats and the Lake “Cricket” • 85 feet long, 19 foot beam • Used to carry people and grapes from Branchport to Penn Yan • Burned while tied to a dock in Hammondsport in January 1909

  27. Steamboats and the Lake The “Orianna”

  28. Steamboats and the Lake Docking in Hammondsport

  29. Steamboats and the Lake Steamers docking west side of Keuka lake

  30. Steamer “OOPS” “Steuben” Sinking in Hammondsport

  31. Steamer “OOPS” “Steuben” Sinking in Hammondsport

  32. Steamer “OOPS” “Steuben” Sinking in Hammondsport Rescue attempt

  33. Steamer “OOPS” Collision of “Holmes” and “Halsey”

  34. The Railroad Bath and Hammondsport Railroad “The Champagne Trail”

  35. The Railroad The Steam Engine Roster #1-bought in 1875. 30,000 pounds. “C. D. Champlin” #2-Brooks built in 1875. 33,000 pounds. “Jonathan Robie” #3-bought in 1875. 33,000 pounds. “Pioneer” #4-Baldwin built in 1880. 30,000 pounds. “Frank” #5- Baldwin built in 1881. 40,000 pounds. “C. W. Nichols” #6-Rome built in 1889. 68,200 pounds. #7-built in 1889 #8- Brooks built in 1889. 70,000 pounds. “Georgia” #9-Cooke built #10-built in 1881. 108,900 pounds. #11-Cooke built in 1881. 108,900 pounds. #11 (2nd)- Amer-Sctdy built in 1923. 111,000 pounds. #12-built by Erie R.R. in 1885. 145,000 pounds. #13-built by Erie R.R. in 1883. 145,000 pounds. 302- Grant built. 81,000 pounds. 860-Baldwin built in 1891. 144,500 pounds.

  36. The Railroad The Diesel Engine Roster as of 1967 • D-1 built by G.E. in 1949. 400 hp. • D-2 built by Plymouth in 1959. • D-3 built by G.E. in 1950. 400hp.

  37. The Railroad Steam Engine #11 The last steam locomotive that the B+H owned

  38. Picturesque scenes of Keuka Lake

  39. Picturesque scenes of Keuka Lake Bluff Point looking North

  40. Picturesque scenes of Keuka Lake Bluff Point looking South

  41. Picturesque scenes of Keuka Lake Hammondsport and Keuka Lake

  42. Glenn Curtiss

  43. Glenn Curtiss The life of Glenn Curtiss • Born May 21, 1878 • 1905 forms the G. H. Curtiss Manufacturing Company, Inc. • Declared “Fastest Man on Earth” January 24, 1907 • “June Bug” flew on July 4, 1908 • First US pilots license issued 1911 • “Jenny” built and sold to the US military for WWI • Died at the age of 52 from complications of an appendix surgery on July 23, 1930

  44. Glenn Curtiss Curtiss earns the title, "fastest man in the world" by riding a large, custom-made motorcycle, with an eight-cylinder engine, at 136.3 MPH in Ormond Beach, Florida.

  45. Glenn Curtiss A.E.A. Club

  46. Glenn Curtiss Curtiss/Baldwin Dirigible

  47. Glenn Curtiss 1911 Curtiss Fly’s the first amphibious aircraft, the “A-1” Reproduction built at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum

  48. Glenn Curtiss Curtiss at the Controls of his A-1

  49. Glenn Curtiss Flying reproduction of the Curtiss A-1 triad

  50. Glenn Curtiss Curtiss Flying Boat

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