Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Noah P. Sprague (Propeller, 1857)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Noah P. Sprague
Year of Build:
1857
Major repairs:
1876, 1877, 1878;
Rebuilt:
1. 1859;
2. 1864;
3. 1877;
Official Number:
130038
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
F. N. Jones
Ownership Notes:
Snow, James F., (1857-1860); Johnson, Rufus R., (1857-1860); Tiffe, George W., (1859); Evans, (1861-1879); Deeds, (1862-1866); DeBlaquiere, (1862-1866); Smith, Pat, (1881-1884); St. Lawrence Towing Company, (1869); Kellmaster, (1871); Evans, E.,(1875-1876);
Master(s):
Snow, James F., (1857-1859); James, J., (1875); Kelley, E., (1881);
Power
Number of Masts:
0 1857)
Hull Dimensions
1857
Length: 98' 6" Width/Beam: 20' Depth: 9'
1859
Length: 98' 6" Width/Beam: 21' 9" Depth: 9' 6"
1864
Length: 97' Width/Beam: 22'
Tonnage
1857
Gross: 173 + 00/95
1859
Gross: 185 + 91/95
1864
Gross: 119
1865
Gross: 126.74
1877
Enrollments/Registration
July 18, 1857
   Port: Buffalo Number: 120 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 8-29-1859
View document online
August 29, 1859
   Port: Buffalo Number: 86 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Buffalo 8-12-1862
View document online

Next document: (Sold Canadian)
May 12, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1874
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Suspension Bridge 5-24-1875
May 24, 1875
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 6 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: TR Surrendered (Trade Changed)
Next document: Suspension Bridge 5-15-1876
May 15, 1876
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 7 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Suspension Bridge 6-21-1877
June 21, 1877
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 8 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Suspension Bridge 3-29-1880
March 29, 1880
   Port: Suspension Bridge Number: 3 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-27-1881
April 27, 1881
   Port: Cleveland Number: 61 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-16-1885

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller (Tug), Noah P. Spraque (1857-1885)
Nationality:
American (1857-1862); Canadian (1862-1874); American (1874-1885)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1857, Detroit River, collision, (Scow, Sweeper), repaired, $100 loss;
2. 11/00/1857, near Detroit, boiler explosion, (damaged Barque, Sunshine), (10 lives lost), sank and raised, $1, 700 loss;
3. 00/00/1866, caught fire and burned, repaired;
4. 9/12/1883, north side of Kelleys Island, ashore and released;
5. 7/21/1884, Lake Huron, broke her shaft, towed in and repaired;
6. 7/22/1884, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, sprang a leak while towing and sank;
Notes
General notes:
She left the Great Lakes for New Orleans on 7/26/1859;
She was valued at $9,000, in 1860 and noted as a tug; $8,500, in 1866; $7,000, in 1871; $8,000, in 1878; $7,000, in 1884;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Suspension Bridge, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Suspension Bridge, New York;
3. Vessel Register: (1860-1884);
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Chicago Daily Press: 11/00/1857;
6. Detroit Advertiser: 7/26/1859;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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