Lake Breeze (Propeller, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Toledo, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Bailey
Ownership Notes:: Miller, D., (1868); Toledo, Put-in-Bay Steamboat Company, (1868); Bailey, J., (1869); Phillips, John P., (1870); Bair, J., (1871); Engelman, M., (1873-1875); Longwell, J., (1875);
Master(s):: Tall, S., (1868); Wilcox, W., (1869); Burrington, R. W., (1870-1871); Morrison, J., (1871); Lathrop, M. G., (1872); Longwell, J., (1875); Cockran, J., (1875);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 30, 1868: Port: Toledo Number: 8 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Toledo 6-23-1869
June 23, 1869: Port: Toledo Number: 78 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1870
April 14, 1870: Port: Detroit Number: 22 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-4-1871
April 4, 1871: Port: Detroit Number: 72 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-1-1873
April 1, 1873: Port: Detroit Number: 86 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-28-1873
April 28, 1873: Port: Milwaukee Number: 152 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-13-1875
April 13, 1875: Port: Grand Haven Number: 47 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-30-1875
October 30, 1875: Port: Milwaukee Number: 27 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 11-15-1875; Next document: (Vessel Sold Foeign)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Lake Breeze (1868- )
Nationality:: American (1868-1875); Canadian (1875- )
Chronology:: 1. 8/00/1869, Toledo, Lake Erie, machinery disabled and repaired;
2. 3/00/1871, Bay City, Saginaw Bay, burst a steam pipe and repaired, $100 loss;
3. 6/00/1873, Pentwater, Lake Michigan, disabled her machinery and repaired, $900 loss;
4. 9/00/1873, Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
5. 10/00/1873, Pentwater, Lake Michigan, lost her rudder and replaced, $250 loss;
6. 2/00/1874, near Milwaukee, broke her rudder and repaired, $300 loss;
7. 2/00/1874, went ashore near Ludington and released $500 loss;
8. 11/26/1878, Leamington, Lake Erie, caught on fire and burned, (1 life lost);

Notes

General notes:: She was launched at the foot of Ash Street at Toledo, Ohio;
Propeller, Lake Breeze has left to voyage in carrying the circus troupe around the lakes. After touching at Saginaw and Tawas, she proceeds to Grand Haven where the troupe will be awaiting her; Detroit Post, 6/10/1871;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 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. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874;
6. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;

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