Saratoga (Steamer, 1846)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: Sanford and Moses
Ownership Notes:: Winslow, N. C., (1846-1854); Wallen, I., (1846-1854); Lumtow, A. C., (1851); Scott, William H., (1854);
Master(s):: Standare, C. C., (1846-1848); Storhs, J., (1851); Nickerson, D. P., (1854); Glazier, (1854);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 20, 1846: Port: Cleveland Number: 13 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 3-20-1850
March 20, 1850: Port: Cleveland Number: 11 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 11-19-1851
November 19, 1851: Port: Cleveland Number: 56 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Saratoga (1846-1852);
b. Steamer (Tug), Saratoga (1852-1854)
Nationality:: American (1846-1854)
Chronology:: 1. 6/8/1847, Buffalo, Lake Erie, collision, (Steamer, Lady of the Lake), repaired;
2. 8/13/1847, collision, (Schooner, Georgianna), repaired;
3. 6/11/1849, Erie, Lake Erie, collision, (Steamer, Hendrick Hudson), (2 lives lost), repaired, $800 loss;
4. 7/29/1854, Port Burwell, she broke her lines and Wrecked on the piers, sank;
5. 9/26/1854, vessel sold to William H. Scott for $4, 000 as she lay sunk in the harbor at Port Burwell; W. H. Scott sold the
engine out of her and the new owners of the machinery intended to transfer the engine to the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers;

Notes

General notes:: * During the winter of 1851-1852, the hull was stripped at the yard of B.B. Jones, (Buffalo), and rebuilt as a Tug boat which was used to tow logs on the Niagara River;
Her upper cabin was164' long;
She ran Buffalo-Sandusky in 1850 and 1851;
She ran Buffalo- Chicago in 1846 and 1849;
Machinery: high pressure engine built by the Cuyahoga Iron works, Cleveland, Ohio; Wheels, 30' diameter;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. II;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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