Pearl (Steamer, 1851)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Pearl
Year of Build:: 1851
Major repairs:: 1863;
Official Number:: 19685

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Newport, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: John L. Wolverton
Ownership Notes:: Ward, Eber, (1851-1854); Ward, Samuel, (1851-1854); Clement, Stephen, (1854-1855); Whitcomb, Rodney S., (1855-1857); Young, Peter, (1856-1858); Shepard, Edward, (1858-1862); Smith, J. E., (1858-1861); Shepard, Sidney, (1861-1862); Smith,. Jeremiah E., (1861-1862); Anderson, John, (1862-1865); Bertholet, Joseph R., (11862-1866); Henderson,John, (1866-1870); Bagley, John J., (1865-1870); Trotter, David, (1865-1870); Sloan, John A., (1868-1870);
Master(s):: Goodsell, John B., (1851-1854); Fish, H., (1854); Whitcomnb, Rodney C., (1855-1857); Shepard, E., (1858); Sloan, John A., (1861-1866); Wright, R. H., (1861); Henderson, J., (1862);

Power

Number of Masts:: 0 (1851)

Hull Dimensions

1851: Length: 164' Width/Beam: 21' 1" Depth: 7' 6"
1865: Length: 165' Width/Beam: 20.7' Depth: 7.1'

Tonnage

1851: Gross: 251 + 30/95
1865: Gross: 314.70

Enrollments/Registration

June 22, 1851: Port: Detroit Number: 30 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 10-27-1854
October 27, 1854: Port: Detroit Number: 128 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9/24/1855
September 24, 1855: Port: Detroit Number: 124 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9/23/1857
September 23, 1857: Port: Detroit Number: 129 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-12-1858
May 12, 1858: Port: Detroit Number: 62 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-24-1861
June 24, 1861: Port: Detroit Number: 64 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-18-1862
April 18, 1862: Port: Detroit Number: 36 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers lost
Next document: Detroit 12-9-1862
December 9, 1862: Port: Detroit Number: 213 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-18-1865
May 18, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 177 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 5-22-1866
May 22, 1866: Port: Detroit Number: 135 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Pearl (1851-1868)
Nationality:: American (1851-1868)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1856, Detroit River, ashore and released, $1, 500 loss;
2. 7/00/1857, 7 miles below Detroit, Detroit River, collision, (sank Steamer, Islander), repaired, $1, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: Vertical beam engine built by Detroit Locomotive Works, Detroit, Michigan; wheels, 24' diameter;
Her engine was removed in 1868 and put in the Steamer, Metropolis;
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was abandoned in 1868;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan;
3. Early American Steamers, Vol. IV;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/28/1858;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 7/00/1857;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;
8. Steamboat Inspection Certificates: Detroit, Michigan, (1857-1859);

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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