Waterloo (Ferry, 1840)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Black Rock, New York
Vessel Type:: Ferry
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Jacob W. Banta
Ownership Notes:: Fellows, John, (1840-1843); Haggett, James, (1840); Fellows, John, (1842); Jennings, Jared, (1842); Bull, Absalem, (1842); Frasur, Donald, (1842); Stoneau, Jairus, (1842); Midmer,William D., (1846); Hawiciz, Henry, (1846); Porter, John F., (1848);
Master(s):: Walker, James, (1840);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 13, 1840: Port: Buffalo Number: 40 of 1840
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-7-1842
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April 7, 1842: Port: Buffalo Number: 10 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-22-1842
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July 22, 1842: Port: Buffalo Number: 38 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-11-1844
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May 11, 1844: Port: Buffalo Number: 30 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Buffalo 4-10-1846
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April 10, 1846: Port: Buffalo Number: 40 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1848
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April 24, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 28 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Ferry Steamer, Waterloo (1840-1849)
Nationality:: American (1840-1849)
Chronology:: 1. 4/19/1845, Horseshoe Reef, Buffalo, ashore and released, $100 loss;
2. 00/00/1846, Georgian Bay, wreck and repaired;
3. 00/00/1849, Georgian Bay, ashore;
4. 00/00/1849, in Niagara River, caught on fire and burned at the dock, total loss, $6, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She had 1 deck in 1843 and 1 mast in 1848;
Machinery: high pressure engine; Part of the engine was from the Steamer, Walk-in-the-Water;
Poole notes that she was taken to Lake Huron in 1848 and the vessel was lost there;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;
5. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 652;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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