Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Illinois (Propeller, 1849)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Illinois
Year of Build:
1849
Major repairs:
1861, 1863;
Official Number:
12071
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Bidwell and Banta
Ownership Notes:
Dickerson, William, (1849-1856); Wells, William, (1849-1856); Sternburg, P. L., (1849-1855); Western Transportation Company, (1856-1864); Root, B. A., (1859); Trustees of A. T. Company, (1860); Dole, T. D., (1864-1865); Detroit & Buffalo Transportation Company, (1864-1865); New York Centeral Railroad Company, (1864);
Master(s):
Dickson, William, (1849); Dickson, G., (1856); Wilson, (1857); Montgomery, J. H., (1859); Wetmore, F. A., (1864); Fussell, T., (1865);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1849)
Hull Dimensions
1849
Length: 182' Width/Beam: 27' 8" Depth: 11'
1865
Length: 183.5' Width/Beam: 27' 8" Depth: 9.75'
Tonnage
1849
Gross: 530 + 55/95
1865
Gross: 667.12
Enrollments/Registration
August 14, 1849
   Port: Buffalo Number: 74 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-6-1856
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May 6, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 68 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-23-1859
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May 23, 1859
   Port: Buffalo Number: 47 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1864
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April 14, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 49 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-26-1865
View document online
April 26, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 65 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 9-30-1874
View document online

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Illinois (1849-1874)
Nationality:
American (1849-1874)
Chronology:
1. 9/28/1849, Buffalo, ashore and released, (wheat);
2. 00/00/1849, disabled in a gale, jetted part of her cargo, (wheat), $3, 000 loss;
3. 11/22/1851, Fox Island, half-way between Escanaba and Charlevoix, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, (provisions
and produce), $20, 000 loss;
4. 9/15/1852, Lake Michigan, collision, (Propeller, Troy), repaired, $400 loss;
5. 7/25/1854, off Presque Isle, Lake Huron, broken machinery, towed in and repaired;
6. 9/25/1854, Chicago, collision at the Milwaukee River mouth, (Steamer, Pacific); Ran to Chicago, sank and raised, (corn),
$1, 000 loss;
7. 6/00/1855, South Manitou Island, broke her shaft and was towed into port, $2, 000 loss;
8. 10/24/1855, Bar Point, Lake Erie, struck a sunken scow loaded with stone, ran ashore and sank at Malden,
(merchandise), raised, hull $10, 000 loss, cargo $7, 500 loss;
9. 5/18/1857, St. Clair River, collision, (Schooner, Resolution), repaired;
10. 7/24/1857, 2 miles below Waukegan, ashore in a fog and released, $100 loss;
11. 10/00/1857, Steamers, Illinois and Neptune, towed the "Free State" from South Manitou Island to Buffalo;
12. 10/1/1858, Port Colborne, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Roscoe), repaired, $400 loss;
13. 6/19/1861, Milwaukee, towed Steamer, Great Western into port following the collision between Steamer, "Great Western"
and "Milwaukee Belle";
14. 9/00/1864, Lake Superior, broke her machinery and repaired, $3, 800 loss;
15. 6/28/1865, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, collision, (Steamer, Dean Richmond), sank, (flour, wheat and rags);
16. 7/00/1865, wrecking Steamer, Magnet salvaged the machinery and cargo, but left the hull;
Notes
General notes:
*2 decks in 1865;
She was valued at $11,000, in 1860; $18,000, in 1863; $16,000, in 1864;
Engine: Vertical Direct-Acting, cylinder, 26" x 3'6" stroke, built by Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo, New York;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel register: (1860-1864);
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. VI;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/28/1858, 1/15/1859;
8. Chicago Daily Press: 7/00/1857;
9. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
10. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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