: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: F. N. Jones
Ownership Notes:: Patchin, Aaron D., (1852-1858); Thompson, Charles, 1853-1858); Mcgregor, John C., (1858);
Master(s):: Chapman, George L., (1852); Tuttle, John, (1853); McGregor, John C., (1855-1858); Rowan, (1860); Brown, Duncan, (1860);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 27, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 58 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
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September 17, 1858: Port: Detroit Number: 127 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt (New)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Kaloolah (1852-1853)*;
b. Steamer, Collingwood (1853-1857);
c. Steamer, Kaloolah, (1857-1862)
Nationality:: American (1852-1853); Canadian (1853-1862);
Chronology:: 1. 6/9/1852, near Buffalo, collision, (Brig, R. Crooks), repaired, $1, 200 loss;
2. 10/18/1852, mouth of Buffalo Harbor, collision, (Schooner, Andromeda), repaired, $700 loss;
3. 11/25/1853, Garden River, machinery broke down and she was repaired;
4. 6/00/1855, foot of Lake Michigan, broke her shaft and towed to Mackinaw for repairs, $2, 500 loss;
5. Fall/00/1856, Lake Huron, ashore and released;
6. 00/00/1857, Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior, ashore and released;
7. 6/00/1859, Port Dover, struck the pier and carried away her guard and paddle wheels, repaired, $1, 600 loss;
8. 6/00/1862, Saginaw, near Southampton, Lake Huron, ashore and released;
9. 8/22/1862, Goderich, near Southampton, Lake Huron, ashore and hull broke in two;

Notes

General notes:: *Sometimes she appeared in documentation as "Kaloolah" which is an error;
Machinery: Direct acting engine built by Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo, New York; Wheels, 26' diameter; The engine came out of the Steamer, Lexington;
She was the first Canadian steamer to enter Lake Superior;
Lytle-Holdcamper say she went foreign in 1853;
Mills says she went foreign in 1861 and was 620 tons;
Her engine was formerly on board the Steamer Lexington, which came out in 1838, and prior to that date, was used in the Uncle Sam for 4 years;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;
4. Lytle-Holdcamper List;
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
7. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 692;
8. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
9. John Poole's notes;
10. Steamboat Inspection Certificates: Detroit, Michigan, (1857-1859);

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