Northern Light (Propeller, 1858)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Northern Light
Year of Build:: 1858
Rebuilt:: 1. 1873, Port Huron, Michigan;
Official Number:: 18114

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Laffrienier and Stevenson
Ownership Notes:: Hanna, Leonard, (1858-1872); Garretson, Hiram, (1858-1862); Hanna, Robert, (1858-1872); Spaldiong, John, (1858-1869); Wagar, Israel D., (1868-1869); Outhwaite,John, (1869-1872); Hanna, H. Melville, (1872-1873); Warmington, George H., (1872-1873); Staunce, M. A., (1872-1873); Chapin, G. W., (1872-1873); Rhodes, R. R., (1872-1873); Cleveland Transportation Company, (1873); Green,J. F., (1873-1880); Kelley, William M., (1873-1874); Coleville, George L., (1880);
Master(s):: Spaulding, John, (1858-1865); Murch, M., (1868-1869); McEachernt, H., (1872); Hanna, M., (1873); Kihor, J., (1873); Green, J., (1874); Goway, J., (1880);

Power

Number of Masts:: 1 (1858)

Hull Dimensions

1858: Length: 211.06' Width/Beam: 30.3' Depth: 12.2'
1865: Length: 209.4' Width/Beam: 30.3' Depth: 19'
1873: Length: 210.8' Width/Beam: 30.2' Depth: 11.2'

Tonnage

1858: Gross: 744 + 44/95
1865: Gross: 857.78
1873: Gross: 494.44

Enrollments/Registration

May 4, 1858: Port: Cleveland Number: 38 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 1-10-1862
January 10, 1862: Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-23-1862
April 23, 1862: Port: Cleveland Number: 32 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-2-1865
May 2, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 60 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 5-4-1868
May 4, 1868: Port: Cleveland Number: 46 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-30-1869
April 30, 1869: Port: Cleveland Number: 43 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-17-1862
April 17, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 70 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-4-1872
May 4, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 92 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-5-1873
April 5, 1873: Port: Cleveland Number: 62 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-23-1873
April 23, 1873: Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1873
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Rig
Next document: Port Huron 5-6-1873
May 6, 1873: Port: Port Huron Number: 93 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 3-11-1874
March 11, 1874: Port: Port Huron Number: 51 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-1-1880
April 1, 1880: Port: Port Huron Number: 95 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-10-1881; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Northern Light (1858-1873);
b. Tow Barge, Northern Light (1873-1881)
Nationality:: American (1858-1881)
Chronology:: 1. 8/00/1858, Lake Huron, lost man overboard;
2. 4/00/1859, St. Mary's River, damaged her wheel and repaired, $700 loss;
3. 9/00/1861, St. Clair River, collision, (Schooner, M. Ballard), repaired, $600 loss;
4. 11/00/1861, Detroit River, collision, (Propeller, Evergreen City), repaired, $150 loss;
5. 00/00/1864, collision, (Scow, N. G.), repaired;
6. 10/00/1869, struck bottom going into Superior City and repaired;
7. 5/00/1871, Lake Huron, lost masthead overboard and replaced, $400 loss;
8. 8/00/1881, Harrisville, Michigan, Lake Huron, abandoned;

Notes

General notes:: *She had 2 decks in 1865, and one mast in 1873;
She was valued at $37,000, in 1860; $27,000, in 1866; $5,000, in 1876;
Machinery: Two vertical low-pressure engines built by Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company; Cylinder: 40" diameter x 3' stroke; Boiler, 10 + 1/2' diameter x 23 + 1/2' long, 16' return flues;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. IV;
5. Vessel Register: (1860-1872);
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 1/22/1862;
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
9. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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