Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Nashua (Propeller, 1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Nashua
Year of Build:
1868
Rebuilt:
1. 1891, Cleveland, Ohio;
Official Number:
18537
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Additional vessel types:
Steambarge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Ira Laffrienier & Quelos
Ownership Notes:
Childs, E. D., (1868; Northern Transportation Company, (1871); Vermont Central Railroad Company, (1871); French, A. H., (1873-1877); Butler, H. W., (1877-1878); Bailey, L. W., (1879); Warriner, H. E., (1885); Hamilton, Charles, (1886-1888); Bennett, C. E., (1888); Millen, D. B., (1891); McLain, J. J., (1882);
Master(s):
Shaver, Alva, (1868-1873); Duddleson, J., (1877-1878); Bailey, L. W., (1879); Nickelson, D., (1885); Hammilton, Charles, (1886); Flint, S. L., (1888); Miller, D. P., (1892);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1868)
Hull Dimensions
1868
Length: 134.7' Width/Beam: 25.9' Depth: 11'
1891
Length: 134.4' Width/Beam: 25.9' Depth: 11.6'
Tonnage
1868
Gross: 440.59 Net: 366.57
1891
Gross: 298.17 Net: 246.22
Enrollments/Registration
October 3, 1868
   Port: Cleveland Number: 133 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 5-27-1873
May 27, 1873
   Port: Cleveland Number: 100 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-10-1876
March 10, 1876
   Port: Cleveland
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-23-1876
March 23, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 68 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 4-17-1877
April 17, 1877
   Port: Toledo Number: 13 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 5-3-1877
May 3, 1877
   Port: Cleveland Number: 54 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Milwaukee 5-4-1878
May 4, 1878
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 10 of 1878
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 6-15-1878
June 15, 1878
   Port: Cleveland Number: 84 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Trade Changed
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-21-1879
April 21, 1879
   Port: Ogdensburg
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Ogdensburg 5-22-1879
May 22, 1879
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 11 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Grand Haven 11-10-1879
November 10, 1879
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 52 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 4-1-1882
April 1, 1882
   Port: Detroit Number: 73 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-2-1885
May 2, 1885
   Port: Detroit Number: 39 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-21-1886
April 21, 1886
   Port: Buffalo Number: 65 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-27-1888
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April 27, 1888
   Port: Cleveland Number: 98 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-30-1891
March 30, 1891
   Port: Cleveland Number: 66 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to Steam Barge
Next document: Detroit 4-1-1892
April 1, 1892
   Port: Detroit Number: 53 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 12-21-1892

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Nashua (1868-1891);
b. Propeller (Barge), Nashua); (1891-1892)
Nationality:
American (1868-1892)
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1869, Milwaukee, damaged by collision, (Schooner, Toledo), and repaired, $600 loss;
2. 4/00/1874, sprang a leak, damaged cargo in Straits, $3, 000 loss;
3. 4/00/1874, broke a cylinder head at Glen Harbor, $1, 000 loss;
4. 10/4/1892, 10 miles north of Goderich, Ontario, Lake Huron, capsized, (15 lives lost, (lumber); She was found 8 miles off
shore, near Bayfield, Ontario, floating upside down without her boiler and machinery;
Notes
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ogdensburg, New
York; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ogdensburg, New York;
Toledo, Ohio;
3, Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. John Poole's notes;
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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