Magnet (Tug (Towboat), 1858)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Robert I., Cooper
Ownership Notes:: Tibbets, H. B., (1859); Latimer,John, (1866); Drewery, William, (1866); Dunbar, R., (1868); Drewery, Margarett, (1868); Gillett, Elizabeth L., (1870);
Master(s):: Tibbets, (1859); Dunbar, R., (1868); Drewery, William, (1868); Gillett, Elizabeth, L., (1870);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 20, 1859: Port: Buffalo Number: 80 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 8-30-1866
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August 30, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 208 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 9-7-1866
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September 7, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 211 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-14-1868
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March 14, 1868: Port: Buffalo Number: 336 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-2-1868
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May 2, 1868: Port: Buffalo Number: 377 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-21-1870
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October 21, 1870: Port: Buffalo Number: 84 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-30-1874
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Broken up, Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), Magnet (1858-1874)
Nationality:: American (1858-1874)
Chronology:: 1. 3/00/1869, Buffalo Harbor, sank by ice, raised and repaired;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. John Poole's notes;
6. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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