As the Lady of the Lake was retired in 1893, before the postcard era began in 1901, no color images are available, except one.
Total Number of Images: 20
Last updated on 5/17/2008
Vessel Statistics:
125' long
35' beam
Top Speed: 16mph
Passenger Capacity: 400
If one looks closely at these images, one can see on the prow of the vessel the figurehead of the Lady of the Lake. This lifesize statue now resides in the New Hampshire Historical Society's Tuck Library, in Concord.
Total Number of Images: 20
Last updated on 5/17/2008
Vessel Statistics:
125' long
35' beam
Top Speed: 16mph
Passenger Capacity: 400
If one looks closely at these images, one can see on the prow of the vessel the figurehead of the Lady of the Lake. This lifesize statue now resides in the New Hampshire Historical Society's Tuck Library, in Concord.
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The distortion in the bow of the Lady in the above photo was caused during the scanning process (the photo spread across two separate pages of a book).
The Lady looks quite different in the above photos #13 and #14. The pilot house is squared off, not rounded; the smokestack has a bulge at the top; the semi-circular paddlewheel box is painted differently; and the rear sundeck is shorter and squarer.
This was the earlier version of the vessel. After a fire on November 13, 1867, while berthed in Wolfeboro, caused severe damage, she was rebuilt. All the other photos here show her more elegant appearance that followed the 1867 fire.
Before her retirement in 1893, it was said that that virtually no original part of her survived, as she was overhauled and improved several times, including in 1882, when her hull was almost completely replaced while in drydock at Meredith.
Below is another (partial) photo of the early Lady, when one of her regular stops was at Diamond Island, the site of a popular hotel (and reputed gambling den). In 1880 the hotel was cut into sections and hauled across the ice to Weirs Beach. There the sections were reassembled as the Hotel Weirs.
This was the earlier version of the vessel. After a fire on November 13, 1867, while berthed in Wolfeboro, caused severe damage, she was rebuilt. All the other photos here show her more elegant appearance that followed the 1867 fire.
Before her retirement in 1893, it was said that that virtually no original part of her survived, as she was overhauled and improved several times, including in 1882, when her hull was almost completely replaced while in drydock at Meredith.
Below is another (partial) photo of the early Lady, when one of her regular stops was at Diamond Island, the site of a popular hotel (and reputed gambling den). In 1880 the hotel was cut into sections and hauled across the ice to Weirs Beach. There the sections were reassembled as the Hotel Weirs.
There were actually two ships named the Lady of the Lake that coexisted at the same time. Clearly, the vessel seen above, in photo #16, is a different, larger Lady, for she sports two smokestacks, an upper-level passenger deck on the prow of the vessel, and a paddlewheel box with a different design.
From 1867-1917, this Lady plied the waters of Lake Memphremagog, which spans the US/Canadian border in Vermont and Quebec. So from 1867-1893 there were two Lady of the Lakes! Click here for some more views of the Lady of Lake Memphremagog.
From 1867-1917, this Lady plied the waters of Lake Memphremagog, which spans the US/Canadian border in Vermont and Quebec. So from 1867-1893 there were two Lady of the Lakes! Click here for some more views of the Lady of Lake Memphremagog.
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Here is the only color image of the Lady we have come across so far. This is a colorized postcard, dating from around the 1910's, of an 1880's image of the Lady docked at the wharf in Wolfeboro.
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