Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Ploughboy (Steamer, 1851)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Ploughboy
Also known as:
T. F. Park
Year of Build:
1851
Major repairs:
1861;
Rebuilt:
1. 1864;
2. 1869, McAlpine & Ballentine;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chatham, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
J. McDermott*
Ownership Notes:
Eberts, W., (1851-1864); Park Brother, (1854-1870); McLeod, (1860-1864); Park, T. F., (1868-1869); McAlpine, (1869); Ballentine, (1869); Valentine, J. M., (1870);
Master(s):
Holywood, S. S., (1854); Brown, Duncan,; Evert, W. E.,; Rowan, D.,; Parker, Thomas, (1863); McAlpine, D. G.,; Kellogg, (1869);
Hull Dimensions
1851
Length: 170' Width/Beam: 28' Depth: 8'
Tonnage
1851
Gross: 185
1864
Gross: 450
1869
Gross: 345
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Ploughboy (1851-1864);
b. Tow Barge, T. F. Park (1864-1869);
c. Wrecking Tug, T. F. Park (1869-1870)
Nationality:
Canada (1851-1870)
Chronology:
1. 6/00/1855, Lake Erie, broke her shaft and towed into port for repairs, $1, 000 loss;
2. 5/8/1856, mouth of the Saugeen River, near Southampton, Ontario, ashore and released, $2, 500 loss;
3. 7/18/1856, rescued the crew of the Tug, Queen which had sunk at the mouth of the South Channel of the St. Clair Flats;
4. 6/00/1857, opposite Algonac, St. Clair River, ashore and released, $1, 000 loss;
5. 7/00/1859, near Cabot's Head, broke her cross-head in Georgian Bay, drifted for 24 hours with anchors and chains full
out, caught the ground and brought her up just outside the breakers, she was towed to Collingwood by the Steamer
Canadian, $500 loss;
6. 8/00/1861, Black River, Lake Erie, stranded in a gale and became a total loss, hull $800 loss, cargo $400 loss;
7. 8/18/1863, machinery broke down, in Georgian Bay, small boat sent to get help but it was swamped drowning 3 of the crew;
She was finally towed to safety, $3, 000 loss;
8. 11/00/1868, St. Clair River, broke her walking beam and repaired, $4, 000 loss;
9. 11/00/1869, hull damaged while wrecking at the Straits of Mackinaw and repaired;
10. 5/00/1870, Clay Banks, Lake Erie, broke her shaft and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
11. 6/3/1870, Sibley's dock, Detroit River, caught fire, burned to waters edge, sank and she was declared a total loss; Hull was
raised, towed out into the lake and scuttled in deep water;
Notes
General notes:
*Heyl says she was built by Captain W. Eberts;
She was valued at 6,000 pounds, in 1854; 12,000, in 1860; $8,000, in 1864;
Machinery: Side lever engine built by Ward iron Works, Montreal, Quebec: Cylinder: 42" diameter x 4'6" stroke; Wheels, 24'
diameter;
She ran between Chatham and Detroit in the 1860's;
She was owned in Petersville, Ontario, in 1868 and Detroit, Michigan in 1870;
She was owned at Amherstburg, Ontario, in 1869;
Sources:
1. Vessel Register: (1854-1864);
2. Early American Steamers, Vol. IV;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Chicago Daily Press: 6/00/1857;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
9. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
10. John Poole's notes;
11. Detroit Advertiser and Tribune: 8/9/1869;
12. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;
13. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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