Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Huron (Ferry, 1852)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Huron
Year of Build:
1852
Major repairs:
1871;
Official Number:
11194
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newport, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Ferry
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
John L. Wolverton,
Ownership Notes:
Ward, Samuel, (1852-1857); Ward, Eber S., (1852-1857); Goodrich, Albert E., (1857-1861); Drew, C., (1857-1861); Trowbridge, Edmund, (1861-1866); Cole, Darius, (1866-1874); English, A., (1868-1869); Buer, J., (1869); River and Lake Shore Steamboat Company, (1869-1872); Hale, G., (1874); Hannahs, George, (1874-1877);
Master(s):
Cottnel, George, (1852); Cottrell, (1853); Goodrich, A. E., (1857); Cole, Darious, (1861-1868); Kenzon, P., (1869); Jones, R., (1874)
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1852)
Hull Dimensions
1852
Length: 165' Width/Beam: 23' 6" Depth: 9' 4"
1865
Length: 167.5' Width/Beam: 23.4' Depth: 10.2'
Tonnage
1852
Gross: 348 + 36/95
1865
Gross: 445.30
Enrollments/Registration
April 12, 1852
   Port: Detroit Number: 12 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 3-10-1857
March 10, 1857
   Port: Chicago Number: 6 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-27-1861
May 27, 1861
   Port: Detroit Number: 49 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-3-1865
April 3, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 9 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 10-17-1867
October 17, 1867
   Port: Detroit Number: 307 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-24-1868
June 24, 1868
   Port: Port Huron Number: 60 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-23-1869
April 23, 1869
   Port: Detroit Number: 53 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-6-1872
June 6, 1872
   Port: Detroit Number: 120 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-10-1874
July 10, 1874
   Port: Detroit Number: 3 of 1874
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Grand Haven 7-17-1874
July 17, 1874
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 9 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Grand Haven 4-15-1877

Next document: (Vessel laid up abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Steamer (Ferry Boat), Huron (1852-1877)
Nationality:
American (1852-1877)
Chronology:
1. 11/23, 1853, Saginaw River, struck sunken object, sank and raised, $500 loss;
2. 4/00/1855, Hen and Chickens Island, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $400 loss;
3, 3/00/1857, Chicago harbor, struck the wreck of the Schooner, McKay, sank and raised, $13, 000 loss;
4. 7/00/1860, St. Clair Rapids, collision, (Propeller, Iowa), repaired, hull $3, 000 loss, cargo, $200 loss;
5. 4/00/1861, Sarnia, collision, (Propeller, Quincy), repaired, $400 loss;
6. 8/18/1861, Port Austin, struck a reef of rocks while backing out of dock, ran ashore, sank, and raised;
7. 00/00/1865, at mouth of Saginaw River, struck a rock, sank and raised;
8. 5/00/1871, Beauharnois Canal, St. Lawrence River, caught on fire and burned, repaired, $22, 000 loss;
9. 11/00/1871, Lake Huron, broke her cylinder and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
10. 4/00/1874, Saginaw Bay, caught on fire and burned, repaired, $300 loss;
11. 4/00/1874, Lake Huron, broke her wheel in the ice and repaired, $200 loss;
12. 6/00/1874, Welland Canal, collision, (Schooner, Gaskin), repaired. $200 loss;
Notes
General notes:
She was valued at $11,000, in 1860; $10,000, in 1871); $6,000, in 1878);
Machinery: Cross head engine; Wheels, 26';
She was abandoned in 1877;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
5. Vessel Register: (1860-1879);
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856, 3/11/1861;
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861, 1/22/1862;
8. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
9. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
10. Wright's Master Sheet;
11. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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