Brooklyn (Propeller, 1866)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Ira Laffrienier
Ownership Notes:: Chamberlain, Philo, (1866); Northern Transportation, Company, (1866);Vermont Central Line, (1867)Davis Dave H., (1867); Childs, E., (1867); French, A., (1873);
Master(s):: Rossman, A. W., (1866); Davis, Dave H., (1867-1873); Davis, D. M., (1868); McCorrmick, J. H., (1872); Brown, Harvey, (1874);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 21, 1866: Port: Cleveland Number: 33 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 4-19-1867
April 19, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 327 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-10-1867
May 10, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 72 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 6-2-1873
June 2, 1873: Port: Cleveland Number: 108 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Cleveland 8-28-1875; Next document: (Vessel lost)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Brooklyn (1866-1875)
Nationality:: American (1866-1875)
Chronology:: 1. 6/00/1869, St. Clair Flats, aground and released;
2. 7/000/1869, Lake Michigan, broke cylinder and repaired, $500 loss;
3. 10/00/1869, Lake Michigan, broke her cylinder head and repaired;
4. 10/22/1874, Fighting Island, 12 miles below Detroit, Michigan, Detroit River, exploded boilers and sank, (13 lives lost),
$45, 000 loss; Vessel was removed to the head of Quarry Island;

Notes

General notes:: She was valued at $28,000, in 1871; $23,000, in 1873;
Machinery: engine, 26" diameter x 36" stroke;
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was lost in 1874;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. Vessel Register: (1871-1873);
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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