Put-in-Bay in Ottawa County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

This Life Boat

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 8, 2025

1. This Life Boat Marker

Inscription.
This life boat is from the Great Lakes Towing Company’s Tug America, which was built in 1897 in Buffalo, New York. She was last known to be in Cleveland, Ohio in the late 1900’s.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1897.

Location. 41° 39.249′ N, 82° 48.95′ W. Marker is in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, in Ottawa County. It is on Bayview Avenue (Ohio Route 35), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 207 Hartford Ave, Put in Bay OH 43456, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Lake Erie Shore

and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker: First Ship-To-Shore Radio Broadcast (here, next to this marker); Amareta Mosher Anchor (here, next to this marker); “The Light of Elizabeth’s Office” (here, next to this marker); Joseph De Rivera St. Jurgo, 1813-1889 (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Perry’s Longboat (about 600 feet away); Monumental Heights (about 600 feet away); Oelschlager's Dry Goods Store (about 800 feet away); Joseph (Jose) DeRivera St. Jurgo (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Put-in-Bay.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 8, 2015

2. This Life Boat Marker

This Life Boat image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 8, 2025

3. This Life Boat

The Life Boat is seen from a different angle.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2025, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 134 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on July 25, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 23, 2025, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 3. submitted on July 26, 2025, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.