Victory (Steamer, 1834)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: James Carrick & Bidwell
Ownership Notes:: Holt, Horatio H., (1834-1837); Barker, Jacob A., (1834-1835); Cummings, John, (1834-1835); Bidwell, Benjamin, (1834-1835); Carrick, John, (1834-1835); Beals, John W., (1834-1835); Heacock, M. B., (1834-1835); Cutler, Abner, (1834-1835); Kilgore, W., (1834-1835); Barton, Phineas, (1834-1835); Fettles, Lewis, (1834); Vanderroot, William, (1834-1835); Stebbins, A. L., (1834-1835); Hubbard, W. W., (1834-1835); Kimball, G., (1834); Hunt, John, (1834-1835); Wilgus, N., (1834-1835); Barten, Denis, (1834-1835); Donald, J. U., (1834-1835); Willard, Nelson, (1834-1835); Allen, Lewis F., (1835-1837); Mcknight, James, (1835); Step[hens, Lyman, (1837); Lathrop, Jedediah H., (1837-1839); Hotaling, Peter, (1837); Sloan, James, (1837); Robinson, John, (1837); White, Stephen, (1837); Sumner, William, (1837); Paige, James W., (1837); Oliver, Francis J., (1837); (1837); Cook,David, (1840); Gates, James V., (1840); Holmes, James, (1845);
Master(s):: Hebard, John, (1834-1836); Stephens, Lyman, (1837); Geer, Orsin, (1837); Cook, David, (1840); Holmes, (1844);

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Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 26, 1834: Port: Buffalo Number: 7 of 1834
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-4-1835
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May 4, 1835: Port: Buffalo Number: 7 of 1835
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-22-1837
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May 22, 1837: Port: Buffalo Number: 21 of 1837
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-25-1837
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August 25, 1837: Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1837
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner (Enrollment numbered 49 and then corrected to 44)
Next document: Papers not surrendered
View document online; Next document: (Abandoned 1839)
July 25, 1840: Port: Buffalo Number: 29 of 1840
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Altered to a Schooner
Next document: Buffalo 4-11-1844
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April 12, 1844: Port: Buffalo Number: 16 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-21-1845
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June 21, 1845: Port: Buffalo Number: 32 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-14-1846
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Broken Up)*

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Victory (1834-1840);
b. Schooner, Victory (1840-1846)
Nationality:: American (1834-1846)
Chronology:: 1. 9/20/1836, Dunkirk, took off passengers from the sinking Steamer, General Porter;

Notes

General notes:: *She was dismantled at Buffalo, New York;
Ran a Niagara River service (Buffalo to Chippewa Ontario); She also stopped at Schlosser, New York and ran Buffalo to Niagara Falls;
She had a vertical Beam low pressure engine with 2 wheels of 22 feet in diameter;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Chicago Express: 3/23/1844;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/30/1844, 4/3/1844, 4/6/1844, 4/10/1844, 4/12/1844, 5/14/1844, 7/2/1844;
6. Early American Steamers: Vol. II;
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

Contact

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