STEAMBOATING IN EARLY DAYS.

in dry dock and again rebuilt and changed into a single wheel
propeller and new boilers and engines of greater power placed
on board. Several years later she burned at the McCormick
docks at Green Bay.
In 1872 the steamer "Lady Allender" was built at Belle
Plains on the Wolf river. She was 80 feet long, 18 foot beam
and was fitted out with the machinery taken out of the steam
barge "Energy."   She was put on the route between New
London and Shawano, commanded by Captain Tom Allender.
In 1877 she was sold to the Trow Brothers of Eureka, and her
name changed to "Isabella" and run from Oshkosh to Berlin.
In 1878 she was taken onto the Illinois river.
The double-wheel propeller "Neptune" was built at Oshkosh
in 1872. She was 137 feet long and 28 foot beam. She came
out under the command of Captain Herman Hitz, and was put
on the route between Oshkosh and the east shore of Lake Winne-
bago in the brick and stone trade, and sold to the Green Bay
Iron Company in 1873, after being rebuilt by that company, and
used in the iron ore trade between Escanaba and Depere, her
name was changed to "W. L. Brown." In 1886, whilst bound
from Escanaba to Depere loaded with iron ore, she sprung a
leak and sunk just north of Sturgeon Bay in about eighty feet of
water. She was commanded by Captain F. W. Stafford at the
time.
The stern-wheel steamer "Tom Wall" was built at Winne-
eonne by the Wolf River Transportation Company in 1873. She
was 126 feet long and 24 foot beam and was supplied with ma-
chinery from the steamer "Tigress" and came out with Captain
Jack Anson in charge on the Wolf river route. The "Wall "
proved too expensive for this route, and in 1877 she was laid up
and was replaced by the new steamer "John Lynch."  The
"Wall" was later chartered by Captains Sam and W. W. Neff
and remained in commission for excursion business. Finally.
being purchased by parties from Fremont and employed in the
wood trade, under command of Captain Mike Golden. She was
snagged and sunk on the Wolf river on August 2, 1888. Her
machinery was recovered, but the hull remained a total wreck.
The stern-wheel steamer "Edna" was built in Oshkosh in
1873, by the United States Engineering Department. She was
115 feet long and 20 foot beam. In 1876 she was fitted with
new and larger machinery, and her name was changed to
"Neenah." She was commanded by Captain Barney Dougherty.

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