Michigan (Steamer, 1846)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head (1846)
Builder Name:: Benjamin S. Goodsell
Ownership Notes:: Newberry, Oliver, (1847-1861); NewBerry, H. W., (1861-1864); Edgerton, O. N., (1862-1863); Crandall, W. J., (1863-1864); Pratt, N., (1864-1865); Platt,, A. E., (1864-1865); Lawrence, E. F., (1866); Goodrich, A. E., (1866); Ballentine, J. M., (1866-1867);
Master(s):: Stewart, John, (1847); NewBerry Oliver, (1850); Stewart, Albert, (1853-1863); Morgan, S. W., (1862); Davis, G., (1864); Cuddy, J. H., (1866); Hickey, L., (1867);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 22, 1847: Port: Detroit Number: 13 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-23-1861
April 23, 1861: Port: Detroit Number: 30 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-22-1862
April 22, 1862: Port: Detroit Number: 43 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-25-1863
April 25, 1863: Port: Detroit Number: 69 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-9-1864
May 9, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 153 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 5-26-1866
May 26, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 751 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered
Next document: Detroit 8-31-1866
August 31, 1866: Port: Detroit Number: 269 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-11-1867
April 11, 1867: Port: Detroit Number: 55 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: (Vessel and Documents Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Michigan (1846-1866);
b. Unrigged Barge, Michigan (1866-1868)
Nationality:: American (1846-1868)
Chronology:: 1. 9/4/1848, Milwaukee river, collision and repaired;
2. 11/6/1852, off Chagrin River, Lake Erie, she lost her smoke pipes and deck load, repaired, $14, 000 loss;
3. 12.00.1855, Port Colborne, damaged hull while breaking ice, repaired, $500 loss;
4. 00/00/1856, Lake Erie, damaged cargo in a gale, (merchandise), hull $500 loss, cargo $2, 000 loss;
5. 5/00/1857, Lexington, Lake Huron, collision, (Schooner, Palestine), repaired, $100 loss;
6. 5/14/1857, Erie, Lake Erie, struck the wreck of the Steamer, Golden Gate, sank and raised, (white fish and flour), $3, 200 loss;
7. 4/00/1861, St. Clair River, aground and lightered off, $200 loss;
8. 6/4/1861, collision, (sank Schooner, Storm King), repaired;
9. 10/00/1861, Lake Superior, lost a man overboard;
10. 11/00/1863, Green Bay, Lake Michigan, sank by ice and raised, $5, 200 loss;
11. 8/00/1866, Port Huron, Lake Michigan, lost her deck load in a gale, (lumber), sank and raised;
12. 10/30/1868, Lake Erie, lost cargo and became waterlogged in a gale, (lumber), $50, 000 loss;
13 11/10/1868, Erie, ashore and hull broke in two, (lumber);

Notes

General notes:: *She did not have any masts in 1866;
She was valued at $10,000, in 1860; $12,000, in 1863; $10,000, in 1864;
Machinery: Vertical beam engine built by Detroit Iron Company; Cylinder: 41" diameter x 10' stroke; Wheel, 28' diameter;
Engine finally went into the Steamer, Orion in 1865;
1866, she was an unrigged barge;
Lytle List says she is a new vessel and not a rebuilding of the 1844 Nile; Rig was changed to a barge on 5/26/1866 and an unrigged barge in 1868;
John Poole's notes; Her hull lay sunk at lower end of Detroit, Michigan; raised and converted into a propeller barge; finally lost in Lake Huron in 1868 off Port Austin; See Michigan, 1846, Detroit;
Poole's notes note her as being converted into a Propeller (Barge);
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
4. Vessel Register: (1860-1864);
5. The Lytle List;
6. Chicago Daily Press: 5/00/1857;
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
8. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
9. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
10. Steamboat Inspection Certificates: Detroit, Michigan, (1857-1859);
11. Wright's Master Sheet;
12. John Poole's notes;

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