Wisconsin Maritime Museum

City of Concord (Propeller, 1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
City of Concord
Year of Build:
1868
Rebuilt:
1. 1888;
2 1890;
Official Number:
5538
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
E. M. Peck
Ownership Notes:
Chamberlain, Philo, (1868); Northern Transporation Company, (1868-1875); Vermont Central, Railroad, (1871-1873); French, A., (1873); Ellsworth, W. W., (1880); Botsford, W. F., (1881-1882); Hebern, Fran, (1883); Hebner, F., (1891); McNorman, H., (1895); Mills, B., (1902); Mills, N., (1901-1906); Mills, Estate, (1906); Schafer, W., (1906);
Master(s):
Smith, Russell, (1868); McGrary, A., (1870); Rollo, William, (1871-1872); Ely, Charles, (1873); Brown, Henry, (1875); Brown, U., (1880); Hebern, Frank, (1881-1893); Inches, J. R., (1901);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1868)
Hull Dimensions
1868
Length: 135.2' Width/Beam: 25.8' Depth: 11'
Tonnage
1868
Gross: 440.93 Net: 388.26
1890
Gross: 385.55 Net: 282.30
Enrollments/Registration
September 19, 1868
   Port: Cleveland Number: 126 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 10-7-1873
October 7, 1873
   Port: Cleveland Number: 35 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-10-1876
March 10, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 38 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-14-1877
April 14, 1877
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 4 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 4-26-1877
April 26, 1877
   Port: Cleveland Number: 41 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-21-1879
April 21, 1879
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 8 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Grand Haven 4-16-1880
April 16, 1880
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 123 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 4-5-1881
April 5, 1881
   Port: Port Huron Number: 72 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-13-1882
April 13, 1882
   Port: Port Huron Number: 146 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-31-1888
March 31, 1888
   Port: Port Huron Number: 177 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Port Huron 10-7-1889
October 7, 1889
   Port: Port Huron Number: 43 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-15-1891
June 15, 1891
   Port: Port Huron Number: 177 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 9-26-1895
September 26, 1895
   Port: Port Huron Number: 17 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-29-1901
April 29, 1901
   Port: Port Huron Number: 56 of 1901
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, City of Concord (1868-1906)
Nationality:
American (1868-1906)
Chronology:
1. 7/00/1871, Lake Michigan, broke her machinery and repaired, $2, 000 loss;
2. 5/00/1873, Chicago Harbor, damaged by collision and repaired, $10, 000 loss;
3. 4/00/1874, Oswego, collision, (Schooner, Knights Templar), repaired, $400 loss;
4. 5/00/1874, ashore on Feather Bed Shoal, Straits, released, $500 loss;
5, 3/23/1882, Fighting Island, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
6. 10/29/1893, she was reported lost on Georgian Bay, but the vessel was never in danger;
7. 12/4/1893, Toledo, ashore and released;
8. 12/6/1893, Toledo, caught fire and burned, sank and raised, $5, 000 loss;
9. 5/23/1906, Cleveland, sank and raised;
`0. 9/27/1906, 15 miles off Huron, Ohio, Pelee Island, Lake Erie, sank, (2 lives lost);
11. 11/7/1906, U. S. Steamer, Visitor, pulled out the spars and abandoned the hull;
Notes
General notes:
Machinery: High pressure non-condensing engine, 22 1/2 x 36, built 1868, Cleveland, Ohio by Atlantic Works; Boiler, fire box, 10'x16', built 1889, Port Huron, Michigan, by Phoenix Iron Works;
She was reduced from a package freighter/passenger propeller to a lumber carrier in 1890;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Ogdensburg, New York; Port Huron,
Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Ogdensburg, New York; Port Huron,
Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874;
Contact
Contact
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