Southerner (Steamer, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Monroe, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Asa C. Keatig
Ownership Notes:: Fifield, Benjamin F., (1847); Stealing, C., (1847); Perkins, A. D., (1847)l; Gregory, J. R., (1848); Edwards, A., (1848-1849); Curry, A., (1852);
Master(s):: Perkins, A. D., (1847-1848); Edwards, A., (1849); Pierce, (1851-1856); Pheate, J. T., (1852);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 29, 1847: Port: Detroit Number: 43 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 8-7-1848
August 7, 1848: Port: Detroit Number: 42 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-2-1849
April 2, 1849: Port: Detroit Number: 5 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-11-1852
September 11, 1852: Port: Cleveland Number: 59 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Southerner (1847-1853)
Nationality:: American (1847-1853)
Chronology:: 1. 4/5/1851, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released, (lost smoke stack overboard), repaired, $5, 000 loss;
2. 10/28/1853, Ashtabula, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, ashore and hull broke in two, (hogs and flour), $16, 000 loss;
3. 7/22/1871, the remains of the hull was still on the beach at Ashtabula, Lake Erie;

Notes

General notes:: She ran Buffalo, Toledo, Monroe, in 1848;
She was built for the Monroe and Buffalo Line, but was transferred to the Cleveland and Detroit Line;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
5. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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