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The SS Mary

1893-1906

 
 
The SS Mary Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 9, 2014
1. The SS Mary Marker
Inscription. The SS Mary 1893-1906. A wooden vessel, steam propelled, gross tonnage 174 & horsepower 216,owned and piloted by Captain John W. Hatch. One summer night after completing her run to Ogdensburg, she was moored behind the home of John & Hattie Hatch in Waddington. Her steam engine exploded and she was hopelessly lost to fire and sank. She was uncovered a half century later during the Seaway Project. This memorial is dedicated to the Hatch family who settled in Waddington, NY in 1831
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: DisastersSettlements & SettlersWaterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.
 
Location. 44° 51.928′ N, 75° 12.357′ W. Marker is in Waddington, New York, in St. Lawrence County. It is on St. Lawrence Avenue 0.1 miles west of Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located between the public parking lot along St. Lawrence Avenue and the boat slips on the St. Lawrence River shoreline. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waddington NY 13694, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Adirondacks & North Country. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Early Power (within shouting distance of this marker); Ogden Island Mansion (within shouting distance of this marker); George Redington House
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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Waddington Town Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Paul's Episcopal Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Village of Waddington (approx. 0.2 miles away); In Loving Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice (approx. Ό mile away); The Williamsburg Canals (approx. 2.3 miles away in Canada). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waddington.
 
The SS Mary Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 9, 2014
2. The SS Mary Marker
St. Lawrence River and Ogden Island (U.S.) in background.
The SS Mary and Waddington Village Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 9, 2014
3. The SS Mary and Waddington Village Markers
Signs left to right: Island View Park, SS Mary marker, Village of Waddington marker. St. Lawrence River and Ogden Island in background.
The SS Mary and Village of Waddington Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 9, 2014
4. The SS Mary and Village of Waddington Markers
View is northeast - downriver.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 627 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 5, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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