Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Troy (Steamer, 1845)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Troy
Year of Build:
1845
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Maumee, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
F. N. Jones*
Ownership Notes:
Hollister, John, (1845-1846); Sears, Richard, (1846-1852); Forsythe, William H., (1852-1854); Bidwell, Vincent, (1854-1859); Buffalo & Lake Huron railway Company, (1859-1861); Maclean, W., (1859);
Master(s):
Atwood, Sylvester F., (1845-1847); Wilkins, Thomas, (1847-1851); Squire, A. H., (1854); Whittaker, H., (1859);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1845)
Hull Dimensions
1845
Length: 182' 6" Width/Beam: 27' 6" Depth: 11' 4 +1/2"
Tonnage
1845
Gross: 546 + 47/95
Enrollments/Registration
July 9, 1845
   Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 7-24-1846
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July 24, 1846
   Port: Buffalo Number: 48 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-4-1847
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June 4, 1847
   Port: Buffalo Number: 60 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-13-1847
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October 13, 1847
   Port: Buffalo Number: 130 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 11-25-1850
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November 25, 1850
   Port: Toledo
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 7-10-1851
July 10, 1851
   Port: Toledo Number: 3 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-26-1852
October 26, 1852
   Port: Buffalo Number: 124 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-7-1854
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June 7, 1854
   Port: Buffalo Number: 127 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-11-1859
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July 11, 1859
   Port: Buffalo Number: 59 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Enrollment Lost
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Next document: (See Vessel Remarks)
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Troy (1845-1861)
Nationality:
American (1845-1859); Canada (1859-1861)
Chronology:
1. 10/10/1845, Lake Erie, collision, (Propeller, Phoenix), repaired, $600 loss;
2. 5/00/1847, between Dunkirk and Buffalo, Lake Erie, broken machinery, towed into port and repaired;
3. 00/00/1849, Sandusky flats, ran on an anchor, sprang a leak and repaired, $1, 200 loss;
4. 3/21/1850, Opposite Bird Island Pier, near black Rock; Niagara River, near Buffalo, Lake Erie, exploded boilers, (12 lives lost),
repaired;
5. 3/00/1860, Goderich Harbor, drifted out during a freshet and sank about 2 miles off shore, Total loss, $5, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
*Heyl has the builder as David Stebbins, but he was only the surveyor according the enrollments;
In1859, she was bought by the railroad and transferred to Goderich; She ran Goderich to Chicago during (1859-1861);
Heyl says she was scrapped in 1861;
Machinery: Crosshead, high pressure engine in 1845 and a Vertical Beam engine in 1846;
She was abandoned in 1861;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
5. House Report 741, p. 159;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849, 3/11/1861;
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
8. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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