Enterprise (Steamer, 1825)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Levi Johnson
Ownership Notes:: Johnson, Levi, (1826-1828); Lake Erie Steam Boat Line, (1829); Giddings, Chales M., (1831-1839); Baldwin, Norman C., (1833); Townsend, Charles, (1833); Coit, George, (1833); Thompson, Sheldon, (1833); Kimberly, (1833); Fox, Simon, (1833);
Master(s):: Johnson, Levi, (1826-1827); Miles, Jr., George, (1829-1832); Fox, Simon, (1833-1834);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 4, 1826: Port: Cleveland Number: 2 of 1826
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-12-1828
May 12, 1828: Port: Cleveland Number: 8 of 1828
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-26-1829
May 26, 1829: Port: Cleveland Number: 8 of 1829
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-13-1831
June 13, 1831: Port: Cleveland Number: 5 of 1831
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cuyahoga 7-21-1832
July 21, 1832: Port: Cleveland Number: 21 of 1832
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-2-1833
August 2, 1833: Port: Buffalo Number: 18 of 1833
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Enteprise (1825-1838)
Nationality:: American (1825-1838)
Chronology:: 1. 8/26/1825, Cleveland, a man died when he got entangled in the fly wheel;
2. 6/22/1827, Conneaut, Lake Erie, broke her cable and repaired;
3. 6/5/1834, 10 miles below Dunkirk, Lake Erie, collision, (Steamer, New York), repaired, $1, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: First Steamboat built at Cleveland, Ohio;
1836, she was laid up;
1838, condemned and broken up; 1847, she is listed as having been broken up some time ago.
Machinery: 1829, new engine built by Ballard and Sterling and the old engine went into the Steamer, Sheldon Thompson at Huron, Ohio; The engine and boilers were repaired in 1833;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

Contact

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