Monteagle (Propeller, 1884)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Robert Mills & Company
Ownership Notes:: Griffin, P., (1884); Cummings, M. J., (1885-1916); Downey, Robert, (1906);
Master(s):: Griffin, P., (1884-1885); Griffin, William, (1897);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 10, 1884: Port: Buffalo Number: 64 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 5-2-1885
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May 2, 1885: Port: Oswego Number: 13 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Oswego 3-15-1897
March 15, 1897: Port: Oswego Number: 6 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Oswego 4-24-1901
April 24, 1901: Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost; Next document: Oswego 10-1-1909

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Monteagle (1884-1909)
Nationality:: American (1884-1909)
Chronology:: 1. 11/13/1894, went ashore on Morgans Reef near Chicago, Lake Michigan, during a snow storm and released;
2. 9/4/1896, Charity Shoal, near, Kingston, Lake Ontario, ashore and released;
3. 9/19/1909, upper end of Mud Lake, St. Marys River, struck an underwater crib, sank and raised, (wheat);
4. 9/22/1909, during the raising process she caught on fire and burned to a total loss;

Notes

General notes:: She went from 2 stacks to 1 stack in 1903;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;

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