Columbus (Steamer, 1835)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Huron, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Benjamin S. Goodsell & S. P. Gould
Ownership Notes:: Walker, Augustus,(1835-1848); Wickham, Walker & Company, (1836);
Master(s):: Walke, Augustus, (1835-1839); Dobbins, (1839); Shook, (1842); Whitaker, (1843); Powers, (1844); McQueen, (1848):

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 26, 1835: Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1835
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 5-16-1838
May 16, 1838: Port: Sandusky; Next document: Sandusky 4-3-1839
April 3, 1839: Port: Sandusky Number: 3 of 1839
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-10-1843
August 10, 1843: Port: Buffalo Number: 33 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online; Next document: Buffalo 6-12-1847
June 12, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 64 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Columbus (1835-1848)
Nationality:: American (1835-1848)
Chronology:: 1. 11/23/1835, Erie, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 10/00/1836, Fairport, Lake Erie, collision, (Steamer, Daniel Webster), repaired;
3. 10/18/1844, Buffalo, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
4. 7/9/1845, Black Rock Harbor, sank and raised, $100 loss;
5. 3/28/1848, Dunkirk, Lake Erie, ashore and sank, hull went to pieces;
6. 4/17/1848, machinery removed and placed in the Steamer Anthony Wayne in 1849;

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: Cross head, horizontal, high pressure engine, built by Warden and Bernett, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1835; Wheels, 22'' diameter; (Heyl says the engine was built at Olds & Company, Sandusky, Ohio);
The engine was put into the Steamer, Anthony Wayne at Trenton, Michigan, in 1849;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
5. Daily Star (Buffalo): 11/26/1835;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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