Forum: History
02-10-2022, 02:00 PM
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Captain
I believe it was Leander Lavallee.
This photo is a page from Farewell Old Mount Washington by Edward H. Blackstone
I can only imagine how horrific it must have been to watch the events of that...
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Forum: History
05-08-2009, 10:43 AM
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Many Thanks To Wendy!
This morning I received permission from Byron Hedblom's Eldest Granddaughter, Wendy Lubetkin to post historic photographs from Byron Hedblom's fantastic memorial website....
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Forum: History
05-08-2009, 09:05 AM
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Where Are the 500 People?
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/medium/MountBridge1.jpg?37
It doesn't look like there are 500 people on board the Mt. Washington II just after the launch.
Perhaps it is an urban...
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Forum: History
05-08-2009, 08:04 AM
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Chateaugay Pilot House
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/medium/Old_Chateaugay_Pilothouse_in_Moultonboro.jpg
I don't suppose that the old pilothouse from Chateaugay is around in Moultonborough anymore.
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Forum: History
05-07-2009, 02:10 PM
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Forum: History
05-07-2009, 01:07 PM
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Length of Chateaugay & Mount
Funny thing, in all of my research most books and references to the length of the Chateaugay is 203', not 205', except for the write up with this picture.
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Forum: History
05-07-2009, 12:24 PM
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Related Flood Story
Excerpt from The story of the New England flood of November 1927 (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/1927NEFloodINDX.html), Mail Story of the Flood.
"The very heavy rainfall of Nov. 3 and 4...
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Forum: History
05-07-2009, 12:15 PM
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The Legacy Continued
Within days, the owner, Leander Lavallee started the search for a new ship to replace the original Mt. Washington.
On December 28, 1939, he purchased the side-wheel steamboat, Chateaugay from the...
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Forum: History
05-07-2009, 11:55 AM
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The Legacy of the M/S Mount Washington
The Chateaugay
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/medium/Chateaugay_before_ferry.jpg
The Chateaugay was designed and built in 1888 in Shelburne, Vermont by the Harlan and...
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