Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Huron City
Year of Build:
1867
Rebuilt:
1. 1904, H. W. Baker;
Official Number:
11579
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sandusky, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Ownership Notes:
Hubbard, R., (1867); Hubbard, W., (1880); Tyler, W. A., (1881); Campbell, W. S., (1884); Tyler, William W., (1885); Cook, C. H., (1887); Wilson, W. C., (1889-1890); Recor, E. C., (1892); Meswald, A., (1892-1893); Sheehan, J. E., (1893); Chamberlain, Charles A., (1894-1904); Baker, H. W., (1904); Mud Lake Lumber Company, (1906); O'Brien, (1907-1911); Reynolds,J. E., (1916);
Master(s):
Neal, T., (1867-1880); Galvin, M. J., (1881); Mahonny, D., (1884); Tyler, William W., (1885); Ryon, (1887); Winskey, J. A. S., (1889): Bennett, J. W., (1890); Currie, Thomas, (1892); Meswald, A., (1892-1893); Sheehan, J. E., (1893); Manniel, Fred W., (1894-1895); Chamberlain, Charles A., (1899);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1867)
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 167.8' Width/Beam: 29' Depth: 10.8'
1904
Length: 167.8' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 10'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 368.81 Net: 277.33
904
Enrollments/Registration
June 14, 1867
   Port: Sandusky Number: 23 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 4-2-1880
April 2, 1880
   Port: Sandusky Number: 24 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-11-1881
April 11, 1881
   Port: Buffalo Number: 54 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-1-1884
View document online
May 1, 1884
   Port: Buffalo Number: 48 of 1884
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 5-14-1884
View document online
May 14, 1884
   Port: Buffalo Number: 143 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 10-19-1885
October 19, 1885
   Port: Buffalo Number: 15 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-18-1886
View document online
March 18, 1886
   Port: Buffalo Number: 25 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 3-21-1887
View document online
March 21, 1887
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 35 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-21-1889
June 21, 1889
   Port: Chicago Number: 103 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-24-1890
May 24, 1890
   Port: Chicago Number: 69 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-6-1892
April 6, 1892
   Port: Port Huron Number: 101 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-8-1892
June 8, 1892
   Port: Port Huron Number: 178 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-24-1893
April 24, 1893
   Port: Port Huron Number: 133 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-26-1893
April 26, 1893
   Port: Detroit Number: 89 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-3-1894
April 3, 1894
   Port: Detroit Number: 50 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-3-1895
May 3, 1895
   Port: Detroit Number: 41 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-21-1899
March 21, 1899
   Port: Detroit Number: 45 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-5-1905
September 5, 1905
   Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Huron City (1867-1917)
Nationality:
American (1867-1917)
Chronology:
1. 12/00/1867, Sandusky, Lake Erie, sank and raised, $700 loss;
2. 5/00/1869, Willow Creek, Lake Huron, broke her machinery and repaired, $1, 200 loss;
3. 8/00/1871, Lake Erie, broke her wheel and replaced, $600 loss;
4. 9/2/1907, below Port Huron, St. Clair River, collision, (James Dunham), repaired;
5. 9/21/1917, Sandwich, Ontario, foundered;
Notes
General notes:
She was lost in 1917;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Port Huron, Ohio;
Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Port Huron, Ohio; Sandusky,
Ohio;
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. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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