Winslow (Propeller, 1863)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Winslow
Year of Build:: 1863
Rebuilt:: 1. 1875, Erie, Pennsylvania;
Official Number:: 26174

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Peck and Masters
Ownership Notes:: Winslow, R. K., (1863); Winslow, H. C., (1864-1868); Smith, (1864); Kelly, Edward, (1868); Evans, Edwin T., (1868-1872); Evans, J. C., (1868-1872); Potts, J., (1872-1875); Erie & Western Transportation Company, (1872-1891); Fulk, Frank J., (1882);
Master(s):: Smith, James M., (1863-1864); Anderson, R., (1865); Kelly, Edward, (1868); Dickson, George B., (1870); Wilkins, G., (1872-1875): McCulleugh, George, (1882); Mason, C., (1891);

Power

Number of Masts:: 1 (1863)

Hull Dimensions

1863: Length: 220.03' Width/Beam: 32.25' Depth: 13.05'
1865: Length: 228.1' Width/Beam: 32.4' Depth: 20.8'
1875: Length: 220' Width/Beam: 32.4' Depth: 12'

Tonnage

1863: Gross: 919 + 66/95
1865: Gross: 1,137.90
1875: Gross: 1,049.08 Net: 801.37

Enrollments/Registration

May 6, 1863: Port: Cleveland Number: 56 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-7-1864
May 7, 1864: Port: Buffalo Number: 126 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-9-1865
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May 9, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 131 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-13-1868
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April 13, 1868: Port: Chicago Number: 281 of 1868
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Buffalo 4-25-1868
April 25, 1868: Port: Buffalo Number: 371 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 4-2-1870
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April 2, 1870: Port: Buffalo Number: 122 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 3-25-1872
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March 25, 1872: Port: Erie Number: 17 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 5-1-1875
May 1, 1875: Port: Erie Number: 1 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered
Next document: Erie 3-23-1882
March 23, 1882: Port: Erie Number: 24 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 12-31-1887; Next document: (Vessel Burned)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Winslow (1863-1891)
Nationality:: American (1863-1891)
Chronology:: 1. 6/00/1864, Lake Huron, broke her machinery and repaired, $1, 300 loss;
2. 9/00/1864, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore on a reef and released, #12, 000 loss;
3. 11/00/1868, St. Clair Flats, struck bottom and released, $1, 500 loss;
4. 6/00/1869, Manitou, Lake Michigan, damaged her rudder and shoe and repaired, $250 loss;
5. 5/00/1874, burst her steam pipe, scalding a fireman at Cleveland, repaired, $300 loss;
6. 10/2/1891, Lakeside, Minnesota, ashore in a fog and released;
7. 10/3/1891, Duluth, Lake Superior, caught fire and burned to a total loss, (lime and water), $35, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: Vertical direct action, low pressure, engine built by Cuyahoga Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio; Cylinder, 54" diameter x 42" stroke; Boilers: 10'6" x 24', built 1863;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. Wright's Master Sheet;
8. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

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