Video of the Gov. Endicott

[Diver1111]

95 feet long +-; As with all these videos I wish the visibility was better so folks could get a better idea of what the wreck looks like overall but that isn't going to happen. Side scan image attached to help you visualize.

Shot by dive buddy Lea Nichols.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymXPVW44l78

[Grant]

Great video. Where is that wreck, and when did it go down?

[SteveA]

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4165&highlight=governor+endicott

From the co-ordinates from the Diver111's side scan... just about here

3976

way down at the tip of Paugus Bay. I looked but couldn't find any info on how she wrecked.

Nice picture of her from RG's fantastic thread on steamships from 2004.

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1194&highlight=governor+endicott

[Diver1111]

It didn't wreck-as I recall she was scuttled about 1930? Maybe the late 20s'. All superstructure gone (prob. removed first to avoid nav. problems).

[SteveA]

:( When I tried to look it up, I really couldn't find much detail on how she made it to the bottom. Thanks for the info.

Love the stuff you post. I took diving lessons and got "certified" back in the early 70's. Turns out it was something that I never got "comfortable" with, and never took it on as a hobby.

The "open water" dive, that was part of the certification, was off of Nahant, the current and visibility issues sorta freaked me out. Funny thing is that was my last dive. I passed the course, got my card, and have never been back in the gear. (I still have a set of weights if anyone needs them :laugh:)

SteveA

[Chickie]

The Governor Endicott was first owned and operated by the Winnipesaukee Transportation Co. I do not know whether it was built by that company or not. They sold it to Capt. Leander Lavallee in 1919 and he operated it until 1922. At that time he sold it to his son, Edward and purchased the S. S. Mt. Washington. Capt. Ed Lavallee operated the Gov. Endicott until 1927, when it was dismantled and sent to its watery grave in the vicinity of the Laconia Water Co. intake pipe.

[Grant]

Ohhhhh....now I remember why we have yet to dive this wreck....:rolleye2:

[SIKSUKR]

I can't imagine buying a boat and purposely sinking it only 5 years later.:eek:

[Coolbreeze]

Maybe it turned out to be the "edsel" of the fleet.

[Senter Cove Guy]

Does anyone have a picture of what the Gov. Endicott looked like during her working days?

[Diver1111]

2 attached.

[Tallyho]

I recently posted a view of the the Gov. Endicott underway with a good crowd on board.
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/thumbs/Gov_Endicott.jpg ('http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/Gov_Endicott.jpg')

[Rattlesnake Gal]

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/176Steamer_Govenor_Endicott_between_1900-1910.jpg

Governor Endicott
Excerpt from Three Centuries on Winnipesaukee

Another narrow escape was when the excursion boat “Red Hill” had a boiler explosion just as passengers were leaving the craft at Lee’s Mills; and only a few years ago I remember the anxiety when the “Governor Endicott” left Lake Shore Park with a capacity crowd late one foggy night bound for the Weirs and after several hours no one had seen or heard anything of the boat. Of course the alarmists were ready to believe that Witch Rocks had, at last, taken their toll. Boatmen, however, understanding that Leander Lavallee was captain, refused to believe that he would be anything but extremely cautious, and if he could not pass the Witches, they vowed he would drop anchor and wait for the fog to lift. Such was the case; and as there was a small orchestra on board, the young people, of whom the party was mainly comprised, danced and sang the whole night through, exhausted the ship’s larder, and never complained at their fate. About 7:30 the next morning the “Governor” whistled into Weirs.

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/medium/20scangovernorendicott.jpg
From the McDude Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=20)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/medium/20scangovernorendicott2.jpg
From the McDude Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=20)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/medium/176Govenor_Endicott_end_of_operation.jpg
From the Rattlesnake Gal Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=176)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/176Steamer_Govenor_Endicott_1908.jpg
From the Rattlesnake Gal Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=176)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/medium/endicott1.jpg
From the McDude Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=20)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/govendicott.JPG
From the McDude Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=20)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/medium/altonrrsteam.jpg
From the McDude Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=20)
Click here (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=12225) to go to gallery for larger view

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/medium/governorendicott.jpg
From the McDude Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=20)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/medium/Endicott5.jpg
From the Tallyho Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=2163)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/medium/Gov_Endicott.jpg
From the Tallyho Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=2163)

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/176Steamer_Govenor_Endicott_Landing_at_Weirs_1906. jpg
From the Rattlesnake Gal Gallery (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=176)

[Rattlesnake Gal]

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/medium/Governor_Endicott_on_Marine_Railway.jpg
From Farewell Old Mount Washington by Edward H. Blackstone

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/medium/Governor_Endicott_Arrives_at_Ames_Farm.jpg
An excerpt from The Gunstock Parish by Adair Mulligan

A history book of early life on Lake Winnipesaukee.
(Not just the town of Gilford!)

One of my favorite lake history books!

Can be purchased for $35 from the Thompson Ames Historical Society (http://www.gilfordhistoricalsociety.org/tahs/gifts.htm)