Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
City of Milwaukee
Year of Build:
1861
Major repairs:
1873;
Official Number:
4276
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Figure Head
Builder Name:
Peck and Masters
Ownership Notes:
Lockwood, J. F., (1861); Kinne, H. M., (1862); Ensign, Charles, (1862-1864); Nims, Sarah E., (1864-1866); Byrne, Edward, (1867); Harnett, D. D., (1868); Moore, S., (1873); Eldred, E., (1874);
Master(s):
Vance, D., (1861); Sackett, E., (1861); Banner,J., (1862); Brown,N., (1862-1865); Nims, S. E., (1864); Flint, Samuel, (1866); Thompson, Henry D., (1867); Harnett, D. D., (1868); ; Moore, S., (1873); Wilson, A., (1874);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1861)
Hull Dimensions
1861
Length: 140.35' Width/Beam: 29.94' Depth: 11.3'
1865
Length: 139.72' Width/Beam: 30' Depth: 11.15'
Tonnage
1861
Gross: 436 + 53/95
1865
Gross: 316.33
Enrollments/Registration
April 11, 1861
   Port: Buffalo Number: 24 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 7-22-1861
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July 22, 1861
   Port: Buffalo Number: 73 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-17-1862
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June 17, 1862
   Port: Buffalo Number: 93 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-8-1862
View document online
August 8, 1862
   Port: Buffalo Number: 129 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-14-1864
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June 14, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 175 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-9-1865
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June 9, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 183 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 5-8-1866
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May 8, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 103 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-20-1867
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April 20, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 51 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-29-1868
View document online
December 29, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 104 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-9-1873
View document online
January 9, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 107 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-16-1873
View document online
January 16, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 94 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-25-1874
March 25, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 160 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-31-1875

Next document: (Vessel total loss)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, City of Milwaukee (1861-1875)
Nationality:
American (1861-1875)
Chronology:
1. 8/00/1864, Lake Huron, collision and repaired, $300 loss;
2. 7/00/1865, Lake Huron, dismasted by collision and repaired, $2, 000 loss,
3. 10/00/1868, Lake Erie, lost centre board and rigging, repaired and refitted, $1, 300 loss;
4. 7/00/1869, Marquette, lost her rudder by striking the dock and replaced, $225 loss;
5. 10/00/1869, Lake Erie, damaged by collision, (Bark, Charles K. Nims), and repaired;
6. 10/00/1869, lost her centre board in a storm in Lake Erie and replaced;
7. 7/00/1872, St. Clair River, lost mizzen mast and repaired, $300 loss;
8. 6/00/1874, Chicago, lost her outfit and replaced, $200 loss;
9. 11/5/1875, Port Sanilac, off Fort Gratiot Light, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and sank, $12, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
She was valued at $18,000, in1863; $14,000,in 1873;
She got new decks in 1871;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1863-1873);
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
8. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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