Connection between the sailing bugeye Edna E. Lockwood & the Norfolk & Western Railway?

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  On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:02 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> It does seem farfetched.

>

> Applying Occam's Razor (explanations should not be multiplied upon) here

> would be prudent.  You have made many assumptions to come to the possible

> conclusion that the N&W put money into this ship.

>

> First of all, if the ship did not carry any coal, why would the N&W wish

to

> fund such a vessel?  The N&W never operated any sort of coastal shipping

> company nor seemed to have any financial interest in a shipping line in

> those days.  And if the N&W wanted to aid the shipment of coal by coastal

> shipping companies, wouldn't they have invested in the shipping company

> rather than a single ship?

>

> The N&W was busy establishing bituminous coal as a product right then and

> had little money to spare on something not directly related to the

shipment

> and selling of bituminous coal into the energy marketplace via their

> railroad.  They were working on the Ohio Extension then, the cost of which

> put the company into bankruptcy in the Crash of 1893.

>

> As to a record, only an annual report for that time period would still

exist

> to show a 'line item' such as spending money on a ship.  I don't recall

ever

> seeing such an entry in the early annual reports.

>

> Gary Rolih

> Secretary N&WHS

>

>

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> Subject: Connection between the sailing bugeye Edna E. Lockwood & the

> Norfolk & Western Railway?

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> This may seem farfetched and roundabout as a query.  There is a very

> special boat docked at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum at St.

> Michaels, Maryland.  She is called the Edna E. Lockwood; she was

> started at around the end of January in 1889 and was completed in

> October of that same year.  She is of the type called "bugeye"--built

> to oyster, haul produce & lumber, etc.  No one so far has been able to

> solve the mystery of the identity of the boat's namesake.  The Edna E.

> Lockwood has been restored as a National Historic Landmark and still

> sails occasionally.

>

> The passenger agent for the Norfolk and Western Railway in Washington

> D. C., with an office in the Bond Building, was a Richmond-born

> gentleman named Edward J. Lockwood.  His wife was Leila I. Crutchley,

> daughter of George Crutchley of Harper's Ferry, who is listed in the

> 1870 US Census in the 7th Ward of Washington DC as the driver of the

> city railroad.  Edward & Leila's daughter, Edna Elizabeth Lockwood,

> was born on 31 January 1889, in Washington D. C.  Karl Blankenship

> wrote in a March 2002 Chesapeake Bay Journal article that from "the

> cutting of the trees to the final bit of paint, the building of the

> Edna E. Lockwood took about 9 months.  When it was launched in October

> 1889, half of Tilghman Island showed up to cheer." Counting back nine

> months from October makes Edna Elizabeth, born at January's end, a

> prime candidate for the bugeye's namesake.

>

> My great great grandfather was named John Stuart Redman and he was one

> of nineteen children.  One of his brothers was named Nicholas Theodore

> Redman, who brought produce from St. Michaels MD on the Eastern Shore

> to Washington D. C.—he married Corrine Holloway (known as “Coe”).

> Nick and Coe were the parents of James E. Redman of Washington D. C.,

> a merchant and War Dept. clerk who was married to Edna Elizabeth

> Lockwood in March of 1909 (source:  10 March 1909 Washington Herald

> newspaper, p. 5).  I know from the Social Security Death Index that

> Edna (Lockwood) Redman died in Washington DC in July of 1974.   She

> had a brother named Walter Lockwood.

>

> The conventional wisdom has it that the bugeye Edna E. Lockwood was

> built primarily for oystering and secondarily for lumber and produce.

> I'm wondering if she wasn't built to do it all right from the start

> with the backing of market and railroad men.  Is it possible that the

> Norfolk & Western Railway played a role in the financing of the

> construction of the Edna E. Lockwood?   Could one find out from the

> records?  Do the 1889 expenditure records exist?  Or would this likely

> be a silent enterprise?  Any observations concerning these questions

> are welcomed.  Thanking in advance.

>

> Matt Redman

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