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Is that the Stranger above, loading for Saltaire at
Is that the Stranger above, loading for Saltaire atBay Shore in 1919?
What has to be the future "Fire Island Maid" is shown in lower photo, taken sometime later
(ed. note: since this post, the boat in the picture has been identified not as the Fire Island Maid: it is the Traveler II from about 1935. See also Mooney, Ferries to Fire Island 1856-2003 at p. 76. The Traveler II Photo is a post card and was not taken from the Mooney treatise.)
JOH: THIS IS A GREAT DIALOGUE AND HOW THIS BOG IS SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION. KEEP IT UP EVERYBODY.
FRANK: WAS THE ELADIO COMMISSIONED BY 1919?
ALSO: WE KNOW THERE WAS A SALTAIRE MADE BY THE CC COMPANY AND IT WAS AT THE DOCK DURING THE HURRICANE OF 1938, AND I HEARD OF THE SALTAIRE III AS A PREDECESSOR TO THE ISLANDER , BUT WHAT ABOUT A SALTAIRE II?
And is it true that Gil Murdock Clark was related to the Capt. Murdock that Capt.Baldwin put to sleep with the fishes in the Cove?
FRANK: WAS THE ELADIO COMMISSIONED BY 1919?
ALSO: WE KNOW THERE WAS A SALTAIRE MADE BY THE CC COMPANY AND IT WAS AT THE DOCK DURING THE HURRICANE OF 1938, AND I HEARD OF THE SALTAIRE III AS A PREDECESSOR TO THE ISLANDER , BUT WHAT ABOUT A SALTAIRE II?
And is it true that Gil Murdock Clark was related to the Capt. Murdock that Capt.Baldwin put to sleep with the fishes in the Cove?
Nice one Jim, the good old Maid. I always thought that was sort of an unfortunate name for her.
October 25, 2008 5:58 PM
Jim,
I think that may be the "Eladio" loading at the dock Saltaire used on the southwest corner of what is now the "west parking lot" for FIFI. Note that the building to the right is the Murdock fish factory where young Gilbert Murdock Clark began serving up that "Gily Clarks Chowder". Now Molly Malone's for you youngsters.
The other picture is not the "Maid" which was a converted fishing trawler named the "Viking Sr." This one looks more like the "Traveler II" which was longer and narrower than the "Maid".
October 26, 2008 6:13 PM