Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Manitowoc (Steamer, 1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Manitowoc
Year of Build:
1868
Rebuilt:
1. 1879, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Official Number:
90465
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
George S. Rand
Ownership Notes:
The Goodrich Transportation Company, (1868-1880); Hurson, G., (1879); Lane, C. H., (1880-1889); Miller, John A., (1890-1895); Fitzpatrick, J. C., (1896); C. H. Pringle Company,(1897); The Thompson Tow & Wreck Association, (1897); Boynton, (1899); Thompson, C., (1899); Boland, J. J., (1899); Hammermill Paper Company, (1899);
Master(s):
Sweeney, B., (1868-1869); Gilbraith, J., (1879); Lane, C. H., (1880-1889): Miller, John A., (1890-1892); Hanson, A. C., (1893); Watson, Fred, (1896); Hogan, John, (1897); Van Dyke, J. R., (1897); Jones, Jesse, (1897); Ray, H. D., (1899);
Hull Dimensions
1868
Length: 211.7' Width/Beam: 52' Depth: 13'
1879
Length: 210.5' Width/Beam: 29.3' Depth: 13'
Tonnage
1868
Gross: 569.60
1879
Gross: 507.14 Net: 478.57
Enrollments/Registration
April 25, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 115 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 9-30-1879
September 30, 1879
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 23 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Schooner
Next document: Buffalo 3-3-1880
March 3, 1880
   Port: Buffalo Number: 49 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-21-1882
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March 21, 1882
   Port: Buffalo Number: 52 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-30-1883
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April 30, 1883
   Port: Buffalo Number: 39 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-26-1888
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March 26, 1888
   Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-25-1889
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April 25, 1889
   Port: Buffalo Number: 60 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-4-1890
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April 4, 1890
   Port: Buffalo Number: 53 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-10-1891
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April 10, 1891
   Port: Buffalo Number: 61 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-8-1892
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June 8, 1892
   Port: Buffalo Number: 85 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-11-1893
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March 11, 1893
   Port: Buffalo Number: 42 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-6-1893
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September 6, 1893
   Port: Buffalo Number: 18 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-25-1896
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April 25, 1896
   Port: Buffalo Number: 61 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-19-1897
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March 19, 1897
   Port: Buffalo Number: 64 of 1897
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-26-1897
April 26, 1897
   Port: Detroit Number: 61 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 12-10-1897
December 10, 1897
   Port: Detroit Number: 22 of 1897
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 1-24-1898
January 24, 1898
   Port: Port Huron Number: 33 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 8-28-1899
August 28, 1899
   Port: Erie Number: 2 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 11-10-1900

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked and Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Manitowoc (1868-1879);
b. Schooner, Manitowoc (1879-1900)
Nationality:
American (1868-1900)
Chronology:
1. 4/00/1869, 4 miles from Chicago, Lake Michigan, collision, (Schooner, Jefferson), repaired, $2, 500 loss;
2. 5/00/1869, off Waukegan, Lake Michigan, broke her machinery and repaired, $5, 000 loss;
3. 6/00/1869, Port Washington, Lake Michigan, broke her crosshead and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
4. 6/00/1869, Lake Michigan, broke her machinery and repaired, $3, 500 loss;
5. 9/00/1873, Chicago Harbor, damaged by collision and repaired, $300 loss;
6. 00/00/1873, caught fire and burned, later rebuilt;
7. 7/1/1900, Erie, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, waterlogged and became a total loss;
Notes
General notes:
Machinery: Vertical beam engine built by the Cuyahoga Steam Boiler Works, Cleveland, Ohio; Cylinder: 56" diameter x 11' stroke; Wheels, 30' diameter; The engine came out of the Steamer, May Queen that burned in 1866;
In 1873, she was dismantled and her hull turned into a barge and in 1879 she was schooner rigged;
She was a little too heavy and had false sides put on her to make her more buoyant in 1869;
Sources:
1. Early American Steamers, Vol. VI;
2. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1880-1901);
7. John Poole's notes;
8. Detroit Advertiser and Tribune: 4/7/1869;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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