Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Union
Year of Build:
1856
Major repairs:
1859;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Windsor, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Ferry
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Jenkins*
Ownership Notes:
Great Wester Railway Company, (1856-1876); Hunt and McKnight, (1857);
Master(s):
Abbott, Henry, (1857-1860); Watson, (1862);
Hull Dimensions
1856
Length: 163' Width/Beam: 33.3' Depth: 10'
Tonnage
1856
Gross: 1,190
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Union (Ferry Boat) (1856-1876)
Nationality:
Canada (1856-1876)
Chronology:
1. 1/4/1860, broke larboard cylinder and repaired;
2. 4/18/1860, collision, (Ferry, Islander), repaired;
3. 6/16/1876, Port Huron, caught fire and burned to the water's edge;
Notes
General notes:
*Heyl says the builders were Charles Hunt and Stephen Knight, Windsor, Ontario;
Machinery: (2) Horizontal engines;
She was valued at $40,000, in 1866:
Her first trip was made on 6/30/1857 when she ran the Detroit River;
Sources:
1. Vessel Register: 1866-1871);
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Early American Steamers, Vol. IV;
4. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 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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