Globe (Steamer, 1848)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Trenton, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Burton S. Goodsell
Ownership Notes:: Robinson, Samuel, (1848-1850); Maxwell, Joshua, (1850-1860); Pratt, Amos, (1853-1860); Scanlon, R. M., (1858-1859); Helmer, Albert M., (1859-1860);
Master(s):: Sanderson, T., (1848); Cotton, L. H., (1849); Pratt, Amos, (1853-1859);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 21, 1848: Port: Detroit Number: 29 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-10-1850
May 10, 1850: Port: Buffalo Number: 29 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-20-1853
June 20, 1853: Port: Buffalo Number: 98 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-20-1856
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June 20, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 151 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered, made a Propeller
Next document: Buffalo 5-14-1858
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May 14, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 56 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-5-1859
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May 5, 1859: Port: Buffalo Number: 26 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Globe (1848-1856)**;
b. Propeller, Globe (1856-1860)
Nationality:: American (1848-1860)
Chronology:: 1. 8/00/1853, Lake Huron, damaged when struck by lightning and repaired;
2. 7/00/1856, Lake Huron, broke her machinery, towed into port and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
3. 10/00/1856, Milwaukee, ashore and released, (merchandise), cargo $5, 000 loss, hull $3, 000 loss;
4. 3/4/1858, Detroit, capsized at dock and was righted, (cattle);
5. 10/00/1860, Chicago, she slipped cables and was damaged, repaired, $900 loss;
6. 11/8/1860, Chicago, exploded her boiler and sank, (15 lives lost), $21, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *She had 2 masts in1856;
**Never documented as Odd Fellow; She was to be named Odd Fellow in 1848, but instead was documented as the Steamer, Globe;
Machinery: Engines came from the Steamer, Boston; Side-lever, high pressure engines; 2 oscillating engines on one shaft, (Philadelphia Pattern); Wheel, 10 + 1/2' diameter;
(1860-Vessel Register)-$17,000 Value-B2
The hull was to be transformed into a Scow on 4/7/1861;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. II;

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