Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
America
Year of Build:
1863
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Louis Shickluna
Ownership Notes:
Norris, James, (1864-1878); Neelon, (1864-1869); Western Express line, (1875); McDonald, (1876); Harrison, John, (1886-1887);
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 134' Width/Beam: 24' Depth: 10'
1886
Length: 134' Width/Beam: 23.8' Depth: 10.8'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 418
1869
Gross: 374
1879
Gross: 302
1886
Gross: 636 Net: 428
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, America (1863- )
Nationality:
Canada (1863- )
Chronology:

1. 6/00/1874, broke her wheel on St. Lawrence river and repaired, $500 loss;

Notes
General notes:
One account has her abandoned in 1880, while another lists the vessel as a propeller in 1884; Still another account says she was converted to a barge in 1880;
She is on the 1886-87 Canadian Vessel Register listed as a Propeller and owned by John Harrison of Owen Sound, Ontario;
;she was valued at $23,000, in 1866; $14,000, in 1875; $6,500, in 1878;
Sources:
1. John Poole's notes;
2. Vessel Register: (1866-1879);
3. Wright's Master Steet;
4. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869,1886, 1887;
5. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
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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