Northwest (Steamer, 1867)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Scow
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: George S. Rand
Ownership Notes:: Goodrich, A. E., (1867-1868); Carter, D., (1868); Goodrich Transportation Company, (1868); The Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Company, (1868-1886); Millen, I. W., (1886): Red Star Line, (1886-1899); White Star Line, (1899-1902); Berry, Joseph H., (1902-1907);
Master(s):: Wilkins, R., (1867); Kirtland, O., (1868); Viger, E., (1868-1872); McKay, G., (1886); Bielman, C. F., (1899);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 29, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 403 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 5-4-1868
May 4, 1868: Port: Milwaukee Number: 123 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-8-1868
July 8, 1868: Port: Detroit Number: 104 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-10-1886
July 10, 1886: Port: Detroit Number: 3 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt & Name Changed
Next document: Detroit 10-6-1899
October 6, 1899: Port: Detroit Number: 12 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-20--1902
April 30, 1902: Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Barge; Next document: 6-29-1907; Next document: (Abandoned as unfit for service)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Northwest(1867-1886);
b. Steamer, Greyhound (1886-1902);
c. Scow (Sand Barge), Greyhound (1902-1907)
Nationality:: American (1867-1907)
Chronology:: 1. 8/00/1867, Lake Huron, broke her machinery and repaired, $7, 000 loss;
2. 4/00/1869, Detroit, collision, (Schooner, Owasca) and repaired, $175 loss;
3. 7/00/1869, Detroit, broke her crankpin and replaced, $600 loss;
4. 8/00/1869, Cleveland, Lake Erie, damaged cabin by collision, (Schooner, Grove), and repaired;
4. 8/00/1869, Lake Erie, broke her engine and repaired, $15, 000 loss;
5. 8/00/1870, Lake Erie, broke her machinery and repaired, $8, 000 loss;
6. 11/00/1870, Lake Erie, broke her crank pin and replaced, $350 loss;
7. 7/00/1873, Cleveland Harbor, Lake Erie, collision and repaired, $275 loss;
8. 3/00/1874, Detroit, Michigan, hull damaged by ice and repaired, $600 loss;
9. 7/15/1875, Lake Erie, she blew out her cylinder head and repaired;
10. 8/29/1894, Bar Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, (passengers);
11. 8/20/1898, Lake Erie, machinery broke and repaired;
12. 00/00/1904, Detroit, Michigan, sank in slip located between Chene and Walter Campau, streets and raised in 1905;

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: Vertical beam engine; Cylinder: 60" diameter x 10'' stroke; (1867); Wheels, 34' diameter;
Vertical beam engine; Cylinder: 60" diameter x12' stroke; (1876);
Renamed "Greyhound", 7/8/1886; rig changed to a barge, 4/30/1902;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. VI;
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. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
9. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874;

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