William Allen (Tug (Towboat), 1862)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: William Allen
Ownership Notes:: Gibson, Elijah P., (1862); Wood, W. A., (1863); Lipe, A. W., (1863);
Master(s):: Gibson, Elijah B., (1862); Lipe, A. W., (1863); Woolbert, G., (1863); McNelly, (1870); Goulden, (1870); Stock, (1870); Sims, Jessie, (1872);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

November 17, 1862: Port: Buffalo Number: 181 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-2-1863
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May 2, 1863: Port: Buffalo Number: 86 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-14-1863
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December 14, 1863: Port: Buffalo Number: 204 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), William Allen (1862-1867)
Nationality:: American (1862-1867)
Chronology:: 1. 5/3/1867, Cleveland, struck west pier, ashore and released;
2. 11/8/1870, Toledo, Lake Erie, caught fire and burned, repaired, $1, 500 loss;
3. 9/26/1872, Cleveland, caught fire and burned;

Notes

General notes:: She got new machinery in the summer of 1871 at Toledo, Ohio;
She was abandoned in 1867;
1864, she was noted as a "harbor tug";
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole' s notes;
4. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
5. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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