Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Champlain
Also known as:
City of Charlevoix; Kansas
Year of Build:
1870
Rebuilt:
1. 1888, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. 1895, Chicago, Illinois;
Official Number:
5848
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ogdensburg, New York*
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
A. C. Keating
Ownership Notes:
Chlds, E., (1870); French, A., (1873); Northern Transport Company, (1873- 1878); French, A. W., (1875-1876); Chamberolin, Philo, (1876); Vermont Central Railroad Company, (1876); Butler, W. W., (1877); Ellsowrth, W. W., (1880); Klein, P. S., (1881-1883); Klein, P. J., (1886); Burke, S. S., (1892); Burke, B. L., (1892); Northern Michigan Transportation Company, (1894-1895);
Master(s):
McGorry, Robert, (1870-1872); Bishop, Ira, (1873); Chapman, A. C., (1875); French, A. W., (1875-1876); Chamberolin, Philo, (1876); Davis, D. H., (1877); Williams, W. H., (1880); Rolls, W., (1881); Casey, E., (1883-1886); Bishop, Ira, (1891-1892); Finnecan, William, (1894-1895);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1870)
Hull Dimensions
1870
Length: 135.2' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11.2'
1888
Length: 165.4' Width/Beam: 28.4' Depth: 12.4'
1895
Length: 185.5' Width/Beam: 33.3' Depth: 12.6'
Tonnage
1870
Gross: 437.92 Net: 356.82
1888
Gross: 770.35 Net: 516.52
1895
Gross: 835.20 Net: 588.14
Enrollments/Registration
August 3, 1870
   Port: Cleveland Number: 14 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 8-13-1873
August 13, 1873
   Port: Cleveland Number: 16 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-23-1875
August 23, 1875
   Port: Chicago Number: 4 of 1875
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 9-6-1875
September 6, 1875
   Port: Cleveland Number: 14 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 3-10-1876
March 10, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 41 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-23-1876
March 23, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 60 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-28-1877
April 28, 1877
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 5 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 5-3-1877
May 3, 1877
   Port: Cleveland Number: 55 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-21-1879
April 21, 1879
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 3 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-21-1880
April 21, 1880
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 129 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Trade changed
Next document: Milwaukee 5-14-1881
May 14, 1881
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 137 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-19-1883
April 19, 1883
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 74 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-15-1886
April 15, 1886
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 64 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-21-1886
June 21, 1886
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 94 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-29-1887

Next document: (Vessel Burned)
April 21, 1888
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 140 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1891
May 2, 1891
   Port: Chicago Number: 87 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-9-1892
May 9, 1892
   Port: Chicago Number: 69 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-10-1894
May 10, 1894
   Port: Chicago Number: 89 of 1894
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-10-1895
May 10, 1895
   Port: Chicago Number: 98 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Chicago 5-18-1900
May 18, 1900
   Port: Chicago
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: Duluth 11-24-1924
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Champlain (1870-1888);
b. Propeller, City of Charlevoix (1888-1904);
c. Propeller, Kansas (1904-1924)
Nationality:
American (1870-1924)
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1871, Lake Michigan, broke her machinery and repaired, $800 loss;
2. 5/00/1873, Milwaukee, broke her wheel in the ice and repaired, $800 loss;
3. 4/00/1874, damaged by ice in the Straits, and repaired, $500 loss;
4. 5/00/1874, engine disabled on Lake Michigan and repaired, $300 loss;
5. 6/16/1887, Fisherman's Island, Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, caught fire and burned, repaired, (22 lives lost);
6. 9/7/1894, 3 miles north of Charlevoix, Michigan, ashore and released, $2, 500 loss;
7. 10/4/1903, on a reef at Northport, Michigan, ashore and released;
8. 10/4/1924, Manistee, caught fire and burned;
Notes
General notes:
*Government records give Cleveland, Ohio, as the place of build; American Bureau of Shipping indicates she was built at Ogdensburg, New York; A newspaper article dated 6/20/1870, cites a "new barge" going to Cleveland to receive her machinery and A. C. Keating was an Ogdensburg ship builder;
3/14/1904, renamed "Kansas" at Duluth, Minnesota;
Machinery: #1, engine built 1870, by Cuyahoga Engine Works, Cleveland, Ohio; #2, fore and aft compound engine, 19-46x36, built 1892, by S. F. Hodge & Company, Detroit, Michigan; Boiler #2, fire box, 8'3"x14', built 1892 by John Mohr & Sons, South Chicago, Illinois;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Ogdensburg, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Ogdensburg, New York;
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. 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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