Nellie Cotton (Tug (Towboat), 1867)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Nellie Cotton
Year of Build:: 1867
Rebuilt:: 1. 1872;
Official Number:: 18092

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Iron
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: David Bell
Ownership Notes:: Bell, David, (1867); McNish, D. B., (1867); Cotton, John, (1867); Ballentine, James, (1868); Ballentine, G., (1872); McAlpine, Mary, (1868); Peyton, H. M., (1875-1882);
Master(s):: Bell, David, (1867); McNish, D. B., (1867); Cotton, John, (1867); Osborn, J., (1868); Ballintine, J., (1872): Wheeler, M., (1875); Burns, H., (1877); Jeffrey, J. H., (1882);

Power

Number of Masts:: 0 (1867)

Hull Dimensions

1867: Length: 63.9' Width/Beam: 14.6' Depth: 7.6'

Tonnage

1867: Gross: 37.68 Net: 20.56
1872

Enrollments/Registration

May 17, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 110 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-20-1867
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May 20, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 114 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-23-1867
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July 23, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 261 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-9-1867
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August 9, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 275 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-2-1868
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April 2, 1868: Port: Detroit Number: 20 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-18-1868
July 18, 1868: Port: Detroit Number: 109 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-12-1872
June 12, 1872: Port: Detroit Number: 125 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel (Rebuilt)
Next document: Marquette 6-11-1875
June 11, 1875: Port: Marquette
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
April 15, 1878: Port: Duluth Number: 2 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 4-11-1883
April 11, 1883: Port: Duluth Number: 48 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Marquette 6-25-1903
June 25, 1903: Port: Marquette
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), Nellie Cotton (1867-1930)
Nationality:: American (1867-1930)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1873, Saginaw River, lost her rudder and replaced, $200 loss;
2. 9/6/1883, ashore and released;

Notes

General notes:: She ran on the Saginaw River in 1874;
She was abandoned in 1930 and reportedly cut up for scrap at Ontonagon, Michigan;
Machinery: High pressure non condensing engine, built by H. G. Trout, Buffalo, New York; cylinder: 20" x 22";
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was abandoned in 1929;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. Wright's Master Sheet;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
6. Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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