Mount Vernon (Propeller, 1854)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Huron, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Frederick D. Ketchum
Ownership Notes:: Parker, J., (1854-1856); Root, B. A., (1859); Wester Transportation Company, (1860);
Master(s):: Kelloff, A. N., (1854); Bennett, J., (1855-1856); Parker, J., (1856); Dodge, A., (1859); Newman, (1860);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 8, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 147 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-4-1855
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April 4, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 14 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-3-1856
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January 3, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 1 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-11-1856
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March 11, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 18 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-16-1859
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September 16, 1859: Port: Buffalo Number: 99 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 00-00-1860
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History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Mount Vernon (1854-1860)
Nationality:: American (1854-1860)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1855, Fox Island, Lake Michigan, collision, (Brig, Grey Hound), repaired, $2, 000 loss;
2. 12/00/1856, Lake Erie, broke her machinery and towed to Buffalo for repairs;
3. 10/8/1860, Point au Pelee Passage, Lake Erie, boiler explosion and sank, (corn and flour), was a total loss, hull $19, 000
loss, cargo $15, 000 loss, (2 lives lost),
4. 11/00/1860, Schooner, Zadock Pratt, struck the sunken wreck and sank, $20, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was valued at $19,000, in 1860;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. Vessel Register: 1860;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856, 3/11/1861;
5. John Poole's notes
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

Contact

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