Philadelphia (Propeller, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Iron
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: David Bell
Ownership Notes:: Evans, Edwin T., (1868-1872); Evans, James C., (1868-1871); Wells, William, (1868-1871); Hunt, Lyman, (1868-1871); Thriver, Harvey, (1868-1871); Erie & Western Transportation Company, (Anchor Line), (1871-1893); Frith, Frank J., (1871-1893); Dotts, J., (1882); Fulk, Frank J., (1882);
Master(s):: Hunt, Lyman, (1868-1870); Perrett, S. C., (1872); Fellows, C. M., (1875); Wilkins, B., (1882); Chaltieson, S. E., (1882); Wilson, C. H., (1886);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 6, 1868: Port: Buffalo Number: 388 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 3-19-1870
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March 19, 1870: Port: Buffalo Number: 110 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-29-1872
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April 29, 1872: Port: Buffalo Number: 125 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 2-1-1873
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February 1, 1873: Port: Erie Number: 7 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 3-23-1882
March 23, 1882: Port: Erie Number: 25 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner (Managing)
Next document: Erie 12-31-1893; Next document: (Wrecked 11-7-1893)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Philadelphia (1868-1893)
Nationality:: American (1868-1893)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1869, Buffalo, collision, (Bark, J. C. King), repaired;
2. 5/00/1869, Milwaukee, Lake Michigan, aground for 24 hours and released;
3. 6/00/1869, Chicago, detained 12 hours on a bar and released;
3. 9/00/1869, Lake Huron, lost a mast in a gale and replaced, $300 loss;
4. 10/00/1869, Presque Isle Reef, ashore and jettisoned cargo to get off;
5. 4/188/1871, Milwaukee, damaged by collision, (Scow, Alaska), repaired;
6. 11/29/1872, Bar Point, ashore and released, (grain);
7. 7/5/1873, Bar Point, struck an underwater obstruction, sank and raised, (flour and wheat), $15, 500 loss;
8. 11/00/1873, Lake Michigan, lost her smokestack overboard and replaced, $1, 000 loss;
9. 11/26/1882, Erie, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
10. 11/30/1891, Detroit River, sank and raised;
11. 11/7/1893, 8 or 9 miles off Point aux Barques, Lake Huron, collision, (sank Propeller, Albany), sank 7 miles from shore, (coal
and general merchandise), (16 lives lost);

Notes

General notes:: She had new boilers in 1884;
She had a steam pump well in 1890;
She was valued at $120,000, in 1871; $80,000, in 1879; $95,000, in 1887; $85,000, in 1888);
Machinery: Direct acting engine built by Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo, New York;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. Vessel Register: (1871-1893);
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
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;

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