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Abner Mattoon Built Oswego's First Tugboat O S Howard
Abner C. Mattoon, Oswego pioneer, built the first tugboat west of Albany, the O S Howard, put in commission April 18 1851. The side wheeler 90 feet long with a 25 foot beam and a Starbuck steam engine cost about 10000 dollars and later moved to Ogdensburg. Mattoon helped found Oswego schools, served in the Assembly and Senate, aided Civil War efforts, and died November 20 1895 at 81-88.
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Oswego Harbor
Abner C. Mattoon
O.S. Howard
Albany
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Troy
Ogdensburg
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Locke
Cayuga County
Rochester
Mississippi
Oswego
Oswego Water Works Company
Oswego State Normal and Training School
T “Dervacy
New York
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