Magnet (Steamer, 1847)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: Magnet
Also known as:: Hamilton
Year of Build:: 1847
Major repairs:: 1860;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1853;
2. 1882;
3. 1895, Sorel, Ontario
4. 1910, Sorel, Ontario;
Official Number:: 103337

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Niagara, Ontraio*
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Iron
Builder Name:: James Currie and Neil
Ownership Notes:: Gunn, W. J., (1847-1859); Sutherland, J., (1847-1859); Sutherland & Company, (1856); Milloy, Alexander, (1859-1862); Inland Navigation Company, (1862-1875); Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, (1875-1895).(1907-1910)); Montreal Safe Deposit Company, (1895-1907); Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, (1900-1911); Montreal Trust & Deposit Company, (1907); Empire Refining Company, (1910-1920); Smith, C. J., (1911); Cooper, Grant, (1919-1928); Goodchild, Louis, (1928);
Master(s):: Twohy, H., (1856); Kirby, A., (1863);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 11, 1910: Port: Montreal
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Rig Changed to a Barge; Next document: Registger Closed, 2-22-1928

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Magnet (1847-1895);
b. Steamer, Hamilton (1895-1910);
c. Barge, Hamilton (1910-1928)
Nationality:: Canada (1847-1928)
Chronology:: 1. 11/10/1849, Port Darlington, Ontario, missed piers and went ashore, sank and raised, $4, 500 loss;
2. 00/00/1855, Kingston Harbor, collision, (Schooner, Daniel Williams), repaired, $1, 200 loss;
3. 5/00/1863, Montreal, lost a man overboard;
4, 10/00/1869, disabled her machinery on Lake Michigan and repaired;
5. 11/00/1869, ashore at Hamilton, Lake Ontario, lightered off, $5, 000 loss;
6. 00/00/1870, Detroit, collision, (Schooner, Commodore Perry), repaired;
7. 8/00/1872, the Ducks, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $3, 000 loss;
8. 6/5/1883, Cedar Island, St. Joseph Channel; ashore in a fog and released;

Notes

General notes:: *Her hull was built in Scotland, taken apart, and shipped to Niagara for re-assembling;
All her wood work was renewed in 1860;
She was valued at $40,000, in 1856; $30,000, in1864;
She carried mail from the rivers to Montreal, Ontario;
Machinery: Vertical Beam engine built by Niagara Dock & Harbour Company; Cylinder, 43 + 1/2" diameter x 10' stroke; Wheels, 32' diameter;
In 1910 her engine was removed and her hull rebuilt into a barge;
1928, towed to Amherstburg, Ontario, and laid in old Canada Southern Railway slip at Texas Dock; She sprang a leak, sank and broke in two; She was still there in 1858;
Sources:: 1. John Poole's notes;
2. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
3. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;

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