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In 1910 the company built the 2nd Horicon up at its dry dock in Baldwin (2 miles south of Ticonderoga). She was the longest and fastest passenger-carrying vessel ever to sail on Lake George. Her two twin boilers (lobster return type) with a 10 foot piston stroke powered her walking beam engine with 1280 horsepower, this propelled her and her (max capacity) 1,500 possible passengers to a speed of 21 mph! A truly magnificent vessel, but she gets better.She had an elegant dining room, a saloon, and several small cabins built on her decks. In the 1920’s she was even modified to carry small automobiles between landings in the stern section of her first deck. The Ticonderoga was the first of only 2 Lake George Steamboat Company ships to not be built on Lake George.
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Whether it’s your first time visiting or your 40th, Waterfront Hospitality promises the most memorable ways to enjoy the sights of our magical lakefront village while relaxing in comfort and style. We strive to insure accuracy on LakeGeorge.com however accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Information is subject to change.Please alert us if there is any inaccurate information here. On April 15, 1817 a company was incorporated by the New York State Legislature to operate commercial shipping on Lake George. The title given this company was the Lake George Steamboat Company.
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She earned her battle ribbons sailing in the Pacific during the final year of WWII. After the war she was sailed to Brooklyn Navy Yard and retired at anchor on July 16th, 1947. The company then purchased her from the Navy in 1949 for $11,000.She was sailed up the Hudson River, through the Champlain Canal, and into Lake Champlain. She sailed to a point near Ticonderoga and at this point she was then cut into 4 sections and moved 5 miles overland to the company’s dry dock in Baldwin on Lake George. When she arrived at Baldwin, she was reassembled for a cost of $250,000 (a cost of $2.4 million in today’s money) as a passenger vessel. The Vessel, renamed the “Ticonderoga”, was launched in Lake George in October of 1950.The Ticonderoga (II) was 168 feet long and 25.5 feet wide and she displaced roughly 360 tons of water (which is equal to the overall weight of the ship).
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Witness the geographic and physical locations of historical events that have been documented in time. Built almost entirely of mahogany, teak, and yellow pine, this beautiful ship is glass enclosed on the first two decks. The second deck ceiling has glass sections allowing for stunning day and night views!
Before shipment, the entire boiler was sheathed in stainless steel. The engine room, with auxiliaries, is in a sunken area three feet below the main deck aft. The area is surrounded by glass through which passengers may watch the equipment operate and the engineer respond to bell signals from the pilot house. These bells were removed from an old Hudson River sidewheeler built about 1910. The Mohican’s two propellers were driven by Fletcher steam engines, the steam being generated by the burning of two tons of coal each day. She proceeded under steam power through the World War II years, at which time she was the only passenger vessel plying the lake.
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Then in 1821, after just 4 seasons of operating on Lake George, the James Caldwell burned down mysteriously while at dock. Specifications called for a boiler producing 6,000 pounds of steam per hour, which in turn would produce a little more than over 200 horsepower, ample for the main engines and auxiliaries. The boiler was manufactured by the international Boiler Works of East Stroudsburg, PA.
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Many people were willing to pay the $2.00 fee for the ship ride. The Mountaineer ran successfully for 13 years until 1836 when she was retired and allowed to slowly rot and sink in Ticonderoga Creek. By the mid 1860’s it was clear that the Minne Ha Ha (I) couldn’t handle the increase in business and traffic from people arriving to Lake George by way of trains (first tracks built into Lake George came in 1882).
She was 145 feet long and 20 feet wide and she drafted 8 feet while weighing 250 tons. On Tuesday July 29th, 1856 a fire broke out on the ship and burnt through the steering cables. The Captain (E.S. Harris) braved the flames to reach the emergency steering system in the stern of the ship. He was blinded by smoke and he steered the ship into a large exposed rock which sent the boat to careen out into the lake.
In Ticonderoga, she would remain at the dock for 3.5 hours so her passengers could take a horse and carriage to the old ruins of Fort Ticonderoga where they would get out to walk around and view the ruins. They were then transported back to the boat which would leave Ticonderoga at 3 pm and steam back south to Caldwell.After only 10 years of service, the William Caldwell was already showing signs of deterioration. In 1848 she was retired and abandoned in the bay north of what is today’s Shepard Park Beach. Shepard Park Beach is in the middle of Lake George Village, so the ship was probably abandoned right out in front of the Georgian Motel or Lakeside Motel. She was built right on Pine Point in Caldwell (which is now Lake George Village).
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