Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Granite State (Propeller, 1852)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Granite State
Year of Build:
1852
Major repairs:
1863;
Official Number:
10815
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ohio City, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Quayle and Moses
Ownership Notes:
Northern Transportation Company, (1852-1873); Vermont Central Railroad Company, (1852-1873); Philo Chamberlin, (1852-1882); Eddy, G. A., (1855); Breed, A. J., (1861); French, A., (1873-1876); Butler. W. H., (1877-1878); Ellsworth, H.; H., (1880); Russell, S. J., (1881); Russell, W. A., (1881);
Master(s):
Keating, A. C., (1852); Hickey, L., (1853); Chamberlain, Crawford, (1854-1855); McNett., D., (1855-1858); Chapman, (1859-1860); Davis, D. H., (1861-1865); Bishop, Ira, (1865-1868); Candfair, John, (1869-1870); White, E. W., (1871-1873); Williams, W., (1873-1875); Connor, J., (1880):
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1852)
Hull Dimensions
1856
Length: 137' 4" Width/Beam: 24' 1" Depth: 11'
1865
Length: 136.7' Width/Beam: 24.12' Depth: 16.6'
Tonnage
1852
Gross: 351 + 73/95
1865
Gross: 428.82
Enrollments/Registration
September 1, 1852
   Port: Cleveland Number: 56 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Ogdensburg 10-23-1855
October 23, 1855
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 17 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-9-1861
May 9, 1861
   Port: Cleveland Number: 46 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-17-1865
May 17, 1865
   Port: Cleveland Number: 76 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 5-28-1873
May 28, 1873
   Port: Cleveland Number: 103 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Cleveland 3-10-1876
March 10, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 43 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-23-1876
March 23, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 62 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 5-15-1877
May 15, 1877
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 11 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 5-24-1877
May 24, 1877
   Port: Cleveland Number: 80 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Ogdensburg 7-22-1878
July 22, 1878
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 1 of 1878
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 7-24-1878
July 24, 1878
   Port: Cleveland Number: 4 of 1878
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Trade Changed
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-22-1879
April 22, 1879
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 10 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-24-1880
April 24, 1880
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 133 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 8-5-1881
August 5, 1881
   Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-30-1881

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Granite State (1852-1881)
Nationality:
American (1852-1881)
Chronology:
1. 12/17/1853; Cleveland, struck a pier, ashore and released, $1, 000 loss;
2. 6/00/1861, near Mackinaw, broke shaft and towed to Cleveland for repairs, $800 loss;
3. 7/00/1861, Port Washington, Lake Michigan, lost a man overboard;
4. 8/00/1867, Lake Erie, collision, (unknown vessel), repaired;
5. 5/00/1868, Oswego, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $1, 000 loss;
6. 7/00/1869, Welland Canal, collision, (Bark, Thermutis), repaired, $275 loss;
7. 11/(16-19)/1869, Starve Island Reef, ashore and released;
8. 4/00/1874, St. Lawrence River, damaged by ice and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
9. 10/3/1881, Straits off Washington Island, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, (lumber);
10. 10/3/1881, Clay Banks, Wisconsin, near Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, sprang a leak, ashore, and hull broke up, (lumber);
11. 9/20/1882, Schooner, Bessie Boalt, was used in recovering the boiler and engine;
Notes
General notes:
*She had one deck in1865;
Machinery: Direct acting engine built by the Cuyahoga Iron Works, Cleveland Ohio;
She was valued at $12,000, in 1860; $11,000, in 1866; $15,000, in 1875; $10,000, in 1878;
In 1880, she was chartered by a traveling circus that visited Lake Michigan ports;
She was abandoned in 1881;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Ogdensburg, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Ogdensburg, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
5. Vessel Register: (1860-1882);
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
7. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
8. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
9. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
10. Wright's Master Sheet;
11. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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