 Photo date: Nov. 6, 1891. |
Page 249 of the January 1893 Tribune Almanac and Political Record noted under the heading "Steam Yacht Records" that "Norman L. Munro's Norwood ran over a measured mile off Bay Ridge in 2 m. 1(illeg. number)½ s."
P. 79 of Vol. CLXII of The North American Review (ed. Lloyd Bryce, 1896) mentions that "Mr. Mosher, who built the steam yacht "Norwood," has stated that he can supply engines for experimental flying machines of less than ten pounds per horse-power."
Octave Chanute wrote in a letter to Louis-Pierre Mouillard on 28 October 1891 "...very much attention is paid at present in America to the shape of ships. On the Great Lakes a new whale-back type ship is being built, and on the Hudson river two yachts of a different type have been built, the "Norwood" and the "Vamoose" which have extraordinary speeds. Therefore, as the idea for something new has taken hold, I believe that we shall find somebody to try out your model. I am sending you all the information I could get on this subject." (Published at http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/inventors/i/Chanute/library/Chanute_Mouillard/1891.html )
The Oswego Daily Times, Feb 22, 1893 , page 6 , column 3 and 4, in an article titled "FASTEST YACHT AFLOAT / W.B. Coggswell is Building a Great Boat--To Be Completed This Spring" mentions that "A steam yacht with a speed of thirty miles an hour is being completed for W. B. Coggswell... From the design it is understood Mr. Cogswell's yacht will be able to beat either the Norwood or the Vamoose, the fastest steam yachts afloat. ..." (See http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/Scripts/News/Article.asp?ID=14155 )
Norman L. Munro of New York was a successful author and dime novel publisher. The June 1888 issue of Outing magazine noted in its "Correspondants" column: "The fastest steam yacht in metropolitan waters is owned by Mr. Norman L. Munro, the publisher."
(Thanks to John Kohnen!)