Description: Sandusky, OHIO - Steamer G. A Boeckling - Cedar Point Amusement Park: The steamer G.A. Boeckling was built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in Encores, Michigan in 1909, named in honor of George A. Boeckling, the president of Cedar Point. This vessel was designed to carry 2,000 passengers, and cost $120,000 to build. On June 26, 1909, the G.A. Boeckling was christened with a bottle of Hommel’s White Star Champagne. The next day the Boeckling began ferrying passengers from Sandusky to Cedar Point, and continued to do so until the end of the season in 1951. The 155 foot long steamer had a pilot house at each end, which enabled it to travel in both directions without the need to turn around. A crew member is pictured outside the pilot house about 1949. Cedar Point is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It opened in 1870 and is considered the second-oldest operating amusement park in the US behind Lake Compounce. Because of rising costs for fuel and maintenance, along with changes in laws requiring an increased number of crew members, the Bay Transportation Company decided to retire the G.A. Boeckling. Her last trip to Cedar Point was on Labor Day Weekend of 1951. For several years the Boeckling was used as a floating warehouse and machine shop in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. In the early 1980s, a local group was organized in an attempt to restore the steamer. This project ceased when the Boeckling was destroyed by a fire of suspicious origin as she sat in a Toledo shipyard on June 21, 1989. The G.A. Boeckling carried thousands of passengers to Cedar Point for over forty years. This White Border Era (1915-30) postcard is in good condition. Published by G. A. Boeckling Co. Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio. No. 21.
Price: 9 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Material: Paper
City: Sandusky
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: G. A. Boeckling Co.
Subject: Steamer G. A Boeckling
Continent: North America
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: White Border (1915-1930)
Theme: Amusement Parks, Architecture, Cedar Point, Cedar Point Amusement Park, Cities & Towns, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Nautical, Seascape, Steamer, Transportation, Universities
Country: United States
Region: Ohio
Features: Panoramic
Time Period Manufactured: 1920-1929
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
