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

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How about just one boat to supply food for summertime passenger excursions?  
I'm not insisting, just trying to figure out why an Eastern Shore boat  
might be named for a N&W passenger agent's infant daughter. Construction of  
the boat Edna E. Lockwood begins at a time coincidental with the birth of  
the child Edna E. Lockwood.

On Apr 20, 2009 7:21pm, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> My first wife had Lockwood relatives on the eastern shore, but I never  

> heard




> (or saw in family records) any mention of seagoing vessels of the N&W.







> Robert McKell




> Chillicothe, Ohio







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




> Norfolk & Western Railway?







> 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




> DC, 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 DC 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 DC—he married Corrine Holloway (known as “Coe”).




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




> 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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