Sheboygan (Steamer, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: George S. Rand*
Ownership Notes:: Goodrich Transportation Company, (1869-1896); Goodrich, A., (1869-1874); Hanson, A., (1876): Goodrich Transit Company, (1896-1914); Manitowoc Iron & Metal Company, (1942);
Master(s):: Butlin, F., (1869); Thompson, C., (1874-1876); McIntosh, Charles, (1875); Stannard, William, (1869); Reynolds, F. C., (1896); Kelly, A. G., (1896):

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 10, 1869: Port: Milwaukee Number: 111 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 4-30-1874
April 30, 1874: Port: Milwaukee Number: 151 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-29-1876
April 29, 1876: Port: Milwaukee Number: 101 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 2-8-1895
February 8, 1895: Port: Milwaukee Number: 51 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-31-1896
July 31, 1896: Port: Milwaukee Number: 28 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-1-1903
July 1, 1903: Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Sheboygan (1868-1914)**
Nationality:: American (1868-1914)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1869, Chicago, Lake Michigan, damaged wheelhouse in a collision, (Schooner, Bermuda), repaired $100 loss;
2. 8/00/1869, Sheboygan, Lake Michigan, ashore in a fog, and released, $1, 300 loss;
3. 8/00/1869, Racine, Lake Michigan, damaged by collision and repaired;
4. 9/00/1869, Racine, Lake Michigan, collision, (sank Tug, Preston Breasley), repaired;
5. 9/00/1869, Racine, collision, (Schooner, Kewaunee), and repaired;
6. 9/00/1869, Manitowoc, damaged by collision with a pier and repaired;
7. 8/00/1870, Milwaukee, damaged while entering the harbor, $300 loss;
8. 00/00/1898, just south of the Sturgeon Bay Canal, ashore in a fog, released;
9. 10/4/1903, rescued the survivors of the sunken Propeller, Erie L. Hackley;
10. 7/17/1913, Chicago harbor, collision, (Steamer, Iowa), repaired;
11. 9/14/1914, 2 miles north of Manitowoc, ashore and burned for her iron;

Notes

General notes:: *Early American Steamers give his name as Greenleaf S. Rand;
**She was launched as the Steamer, Evergreen City, but registered as Steamer, Sheboygan;
Machinery built by Buffalo Steam Engine Works, Buffalo, New York; Vertical beam engine, Cylinder, 44" diameter x 12' stroke, built in 1853 but fitted in 1869; 400 hp.; The engine was in the Garden City in 1853, and then in the City of Cleveland, 1857;
Boiler: 2 fire Box, 7'6" x 20'6", built in 1853 at Buffalo Iron Works;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. VI;
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. Wright's Master Sheet;

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