Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Elmira
Year of Build:
1856
Major repairs:
1862;
Official Number:
7335
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Laffrienier & Stevenson
Ownership Notes:
New York Central Rail Road Company, 1856-1868); March, N., (1860); Drew, Daniel, (1862); Marsh, N., (1863); Drew, D., (1865-1867); Gould, J., (1868); Caldwell, J. D., (1869-1873); Douglass, William, D., (1870); Hearman, H. P., (1873); Kelly, William, (1874-1875); Waters, T. C., (1877); Knight, E. B.,(1878);
Master(s):
Blackman, George, (1856); Travers, Jacob W., (1857); Mitchell, James., (1860-1862); Thorn, William, (1865); Erie Railway Steamboat Company, (1865) Brown, F. H., (1868); Cumming, William, (1869); Douglass, William D., (1870-1872); Ladd, H., (1874); Hehoc, J., (1875); Waters, T. C., (1877); Marion, E. M., (1878); Casady, J., (1878);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1856
Hull Dimensions
1856
Length: 178' 3" Width/Beam: 30' 3" Depth: 11' 7"
1865
Length: 180.4' Width/Beam: 27.8' Depth: 10.9'
Tonnage
1856
Gross: 599 + 15/95
1865
Gross: 781.68
Enrollments/Registration
August 26, 1856
   Port: Dunkirk Number: 22 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Dunkirk 3-19-1860
March 19, 1860
   Port: Dunkirk Number: 10 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Dunkirk 3-26-1862
March 26, 1862
   Port: Dunkirk Number: 9 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Dunkirk 3-27-1862
March 27, 1862
   Port: Dunkirk Number: 14 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Dunkirk 4-14-1865
April 14, 1865
   Port: Dunkirk Number: 4 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 10-17-1868
October 17, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 72 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-18-1869
View document online
May 18, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 239 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-21-1870
View document online
May 21, 1870
   Port: Cleveland Number: 8 of 1870
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Buffalo 5-23-1870
May 23, 1870
   Port: Buffalo Number: 186 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1873
View document online
April 14, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 153 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-23-1874
View document online
April 23, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 8 of 1874
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-5-1874
May 5, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 107 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 5-12-1875
May 12, 1875
   Port: Port Huron Number: 81 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-8-1877
May 8, 1877
   Port: Port Huron Number: 51 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 9-15-1878
September 15, 1878
   Port: Port Huron Number: 20 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-30-1879

Next document: (Vessel Burned)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Elmira (1856-1879)
Nationality:
American (1856-1879)
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1861, off Turtle Island, Lake Erie, broke her shaft and cylinder head, repaired, $1, 200 loss;
2. 4/3/1862, Toledo, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
3. 6/00/1868, Lake Erie, broke her shaft and lost her wheel, replaced, $4, 500 loss;
4. 11/00/1868, Lake Erie, jetted deck load, $8, 800 loss;
5. 9/00/1869, Buffalo, hull damaged in a freshet and repaired, $1, 200 loss;
6. 11/30/1878, Grand River, Canada, caught on fire and burned;
Notes
General notes:
Machinery: (2) engines are duplicate of Steamer, Jersey City; 70 pounds steam pressure;
She was lost in 1879;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Dunkirk, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Dunkirk, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Detroit Free Press: 8/7/1856;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
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. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218
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