Ontario (Steamer, 1847)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Clayton, New York
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: John Oades
Ownership Notes:: Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Company, (1847-1857); Allen, E. B., (1848); American Steamboat Comppany, (1857-1867); Clark, E., (1858); Farewell, S., (1859); Canadian Navigation Company, (1867-1874); Milhot, F. P., (1874); Monhiblon, C. J., (1874); Deschamps, J. E., (1874); Compagnie de Navigation Union, (1874-1876); Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, (1876-1883);
Master(s):: Troop, H. N., (1848); Ester, J. B., (1858-1859);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 24, 1848: Port: Oswego Number: 34 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Ogdensburg 5-6-1858
May 6, 1858: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 2 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-9-1859
July 9, 1859: Port: Oswego Number: 8 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-19-1865
July 19, 1865: Port: Oswego Number: 5 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Oswego 1-6-1867; Next document: (Vessel Sold Foreign); Next document: (Final Surrender, 9-18-1884)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Ontario (1847-1867);
b. Steamer, Abyssinian (1867-1884)
Nationality:: American 1847-1867); Canada (1867-1884)
Chronology:: 1. 9/25/1853, Cape Vincent, Lake Ontario, collision, (Propeller, Vermont);, repaired;
2. 12-001854, Nichol's Isle, 75 miles above Kingston and released;
2. 11/00/1857, near Bar Point, ashore, hull stove in by ice and repaired, $500 loss;
3. 10/00/1860, Ogdensburg, collision, (sank Bark, City), repaired, $4, 000 loss;
4. 7/00/1863, St. Lawrence, ashore and released, $953 loss;
5. 7/00/1873, Lake Ontario, caught fire, burned and repaired, $200 loss;
6. 11/13/1883, Chenaille du Moine, Sorel, Quebec, sank at anchor due to ice accumulation, $500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was valued at $22,000, in 1860; $20,000, in 1866; $55,000, in 1873;
Machinery: Vertical Beam engine built by T. F. Secor & Company, New York, New York; Cylinder: 50" diameter x 11' stroke; Wheels, 28' diameter;
She was owned at Montreal, Ontario, in 1873;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Ogdensburg, New York; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Ogdensburg, New York; Oswego, New York;
3. Vessel Register: (1860-1879);
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/28/1858, 3/11/1861;
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
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;

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