Edwin T. Douglas
The
Edwin T. Douglas (left) , (or Edwin T. Douglass) built in 1923 by Napier & Miller Old
Kilpatrick, Scotland, sailed for Upper Lakes (carrying coal, not
oil).
The vessel sailed between the Orkney Isles and South Shields during
the war, 1944 - 1946.
At sometime was converted to barge P.S. Barge No 1.
Miraculously she was still around in 2000, owned by McAllister
Towing. She was superceded by the new-style canaller, Calgadoc
(right).
The caption on the post card reads "View showing the
fuel docks which supply many freighters bearing cargos of oil and
pulpwood in the Thousand Islands region, NY."
The Edwin T.
Douglas , built 1923, sailed for Upper Lakes (carrying coal, not
oil). At sometime was converted to barge P.S. Barge No 1. her owners
were the Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co. Ltd (Boland &
Cornelius, mgr), Port Colborne, Ontario, Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence
Transportation Co., Toronto (1936), McAllister-Pyke Salvage Ltd
(1959 when she was made into a lightering/salvage barge til scrapped
in 2000).
The Calgadoc, built in 1956, was sold off lakes
1975, sank off the coast of Mexico in 1981.
In the company's [Eastern Grain, Milling and Elevator Company,
of Buffalo] charter, it was stated that John J. Rammacher was
president, George J. Grammer was secretary, and Norman B. Macpherson
was treasurer, with Fred Wood, of Port Colborne, as Canadian
manager. If so, the list of directors did not remain the same for
long. According to Canadian press reports, the "original" officers
of the company were Nisbet Grammer, president; John J. Rammacher,
vice-president and treasurer; Edwin T. Douglass,
vice-president, and Norman B. Macpherson, secretary. H. H. Goode of
the Ca nadian Furnace Company, Port Colborne, was the Canadian
representative of the firm.
The Eastern Steamship Company was formed to take grain from
the elevators at Buffalo and Port Colborne and move it down through
the small locks of the old Welland and St. Lawrence canals. The
company's owners, however, were not experienced in the running of
steamships and, accordingly, the fleet was managed for them by
Boland and Cornelius, of Buffalo, which also managed the operation
of some U . S. -flag upper lake steamers which also were owned by
Grammer and his associates. The Eastern Steamship Company Limited
was to own 21 canallers during its relatively short period of
operation. The ships spent most of their time taking down to St.
Lawrence River ports the grain that had been brought to Buffalo and
Port Colborne by upper lake carriers, but they carried significant
amounts of coal as well. They frequently return ed up the lakes with
cargoes of pulpwood.
The first ships owned by the new company comprised a group
of ten steam powered canallers which were ordered from various
United Kingdom shipyards on December 22, 1922. The contract price
for each vessel was $330, 000 and all of the construction took place
under the supervision of A. B. Mackay.
This gentleman was an
entrepreneur who for many years had been involved in the shipping
business at Hamilton, Ontario, but at the time of his involve ment
with the Eastern Steamship boats, he was a resident of Great
Britain.
Mackay reportedly dealt on behalf of Eastern with Messrs. H.
E. Moss and Company, of Liverpool, who were represented by one Mr.
A. G. Jones, and the contracts were let to five British yards, each
of which was to construct two steamers. These vessels, named FRANK
B. BAIRD, NORMAN P. CLEMENT, WILLIAM H. DANIELS, EDWIN T.
DOUGLASS, ALBERT C. FIELD, NISBET GRAMMER, JUDGE HART,
WATKINS F. NISBET, ROBERT W. POMEROY and JOHN J. RAMMACHER, all were
built during 1923, and proved to be very successful in their
designated lake and river trades.
So successful were they that, in 1924, Eastern placed the
first orders for what eventually would be eleven more canal steamers
to be built in two Uni ted Kingdom yards.
Source: Our Ontario
See also:
Ships named Douglas
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