Winnipesaukee Transportation Co.

[Chickie]

Hi All,

Just found this site and it is most interesting and informative.

I am looking for information regarding the Winnipesaukee Transportation Co. The company owned and operated the Governor Endicott. Charles W. Tyler was manager and treasurer of the company and had also been one of its organizers. It was located on Union Avenue at Black Brook until 1918 (where Fitzgerald Motorsports is today). Charles Tyler owned the land and sold the property to William Rudzinski in 1918, at which time the Laconia-Lakeport Ice Co. was established. The deed mentions the sale included land only and that a certain marine railway belonging to the Winnipesaukee Transportation Co. was not included in the sale. The company would have a year to remove it from the property. It apparently was never completely removed as part of it, at least remained there until the mid to late 1940’s. It consisted of a building with two large doors facing Paugus Bay and there were tracks extending out into the lake. Apparently it was used to launch boats of some kind. I have been told it may have been used for the Gov. Endicott.

Does anyone know whether this was where the Gov. Endicott was brought in winter for maintenance and overhaul? Charles Tyler died in 1932 and his obituary states that he was an enthusiastic boatman and had among the first, if not the first, naphtha launches on Winnisquam.

Thank you.

Chickie