General U.S. Grant
Organization
General U.S. Grant was a schooner rigged canal boat built and operated by the Clark family. Lewis H. Clark captained this canal boat and lived on it with his wife, Elizabeth Adsit Clark, and children for a time. It was converted in 1890 to transport ice to New York City.
Boat
circa 1865 - 1890
General U.S. Grant operated during this time transporting stone on Lake Champlain, and also traveled along the Hudson River and areas around New York Harbor.
Lewis H. Clark captained this canal boat and lived on it with his wife, Elizabeth Adsit Clark, and children for a time
Solomon did blacksmithing work for the construction of General Grant.
Lewis H. Clark captained this canal boat and lived on it with his wife, Elizabeth Adsit Clark, and children for a time