Southern Michigan (Steamer, 1852)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Bidwell and Banta
Ownership Notes:: Michigan Souhern Railroad Company, (1852-1862); Southern, (1853); Williamson, J., (1855);
Master(s):: Perkins, A. D., (1853-1855); Goldsmith, B., (1857);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 19, 1852: Port: Buffalo
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-1-1853
June 1, 1853: Port: Buffalo Number: 89 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-25-1855
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May 25, 1856: Port: Detroit Number: 56 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Southern Michigan (1852-1862)
Nationality:: American (1852-1862)
Chronology:: 1. 9/20/1852, Bar Point, Lake Erie, collision, (sank Propeller, Cromwell), repaired;
2. 8/00/1855, Buffalo Harbor, collision, (Schooner, E. C. Williams), repaired, $200 loss;
3. 8/00/1856, Genesee River, Lake Ontario, sprang a leak, (lumber), sank and raised, $400 loss;
4. 10/00/1857, Lake Erie, lost wheel house and other damage in a storm, repaired, $400 loss;
5. 00/00/1861, Monroe, Michigan, Lake Erie, sank and raised;

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: Vertical Beam engine, built by Morgan Iron Works, New York, New York; cylinder, 72" x 12' stroke; Speed, 18 m.p.h.; Wheels, 38' diameter; (Poole's notes say the wheel was 35'6" in diameter); The engine was removed at Buffalo, New York, in 1862 and shipped to the Hudson River to be placed in a Steamer called Thomas Cornell;
Sister ship was the Steamer, Northern Indiana;
She was laid up at Toledo in 1857, then towed to Monroe, Michigan where she again laid up; Finally she was taken to Buffalo, New York and dismantled;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. II;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 10/00/1857;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;

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