: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Chippawa, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Niagara Harbour & Dock Company
Ownership Notes:: Macklem, J., (1846-1849); Van Allen, H., (1846-1849); Ward, Eber H., (1849-1850); Gager, C. L., (1852); Brown, W. O., (1853); Clark, P. C., (1854); Walker, H. C., (1854); Bauce, A. E., (1856-1858); Johnson, R. R., (1857);
Master(s):: Owen, B. F., (1849); Bantam, J. S., (1853-1854); Campbell, W., (1856); Morgan, P. J., (1857); Hawkins, H., (1858);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 21, 1849: Port: Buffalo Number: 48 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-6-1849
September 6, 1849: Port: Detroit Number: 48 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Broke Revenue laws*
Next document: Buffalo 8-7-1852
August 7, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 99 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Lost papers
Next document: Buffalo 1-10-1853
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January 10, 1853: Port: Buffalo Number: 2 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-28-1854
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February 28, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 24 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-7-1854
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March 7, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 34 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-26-1856
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April 26, 1856: Port: Chicago Number: 47 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-22-1857
May 22, 1857: Port: Buffalo Number: 91 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-30-1858
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June 30, 1858: Port: Chicago Number: 46 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Canada (1846-1852);
b. Bark, Canada (1852-1858)
Nationality:: Canada (1846-1849); American (1849-1858)
Chronology:: 1. 9/28/1849, Fighting Island, Detroit River, ashore and released;
2. 10/10/1853, off Pt. Aux Sable, collision, (Brig Sultan), sank, and raised, jibboom, fore topmast yards and rigging carried
away, repaired;
3. 4/27/1854, Fighting Island, Detroit River, ashore and released, (coal);
4. 7/00/1855, Lake Erie, collision, (Brig, Globe), repaired, $1, 500 loss;
5. 8/00/1855, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak, towed into port and repaired, (lumber), $800 loss;
6. 10/00/.1855, Lake Michigan, she had her canvas blown away and repaired, $300 loss;
7. 11/00/1856, Lake Michigan, lost her sails and light spars in a gale, damaged cargo, (salt), repaired, $2, 500 loss;]
8. 8/28/1858, Chicago, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and waterlogged, (lumber), total loss, cargo $1, 800 loss, hull $6, 000
loss;

Notes

General notes:: *She was condemned by the U. S. Court of Michigan;
Machinery: Vertical beam engine built by Macklem Iron Works, Chippawa, Ontario; Cylinder: 60" diameter x 10' stroke;
Heyl says she was lost in Lake Michigan in 1855, but the enrollments do not bear this to be true;
She was seized as a Canadian Steamer for breach of U. S. Laws, July, 1849; documented, 9/6/1849, rig changed to a bark;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. IV;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
8. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;

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