Queen City (Steamer, 1848)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: Bidwell and Banta
Ownership Notes:: Reed, Charles M., (1848-1862); Eastman, H. Eugene, (1857-1858); Sherwood & Holmes, (1857-1858); Cotton, S. R., (1857-1858); Howe, T. O., (1857-1858); Arndt, J. W., (1857-1858); Fish, Joel S., (1857-1858); Beaumont, Israel G., (1857-1858); Burkhard, Anton, (1857-1858); White, Charles H., (1857-1858); Morris, R., (1857-1858); Weiss, Albert, (1857-1858); Morton, G. L., (1862); Noyes, J. S., (1863);
Master(s):: Titus, T. J., (1848-1849); Wilkins, Benjamin, (1853): Armstrong, A., (1863);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 20, 1848: Number: 9 of 1848
Next document: Michilimackinac 7-13-1857
July 13, 1857: Port: Michilimackinac Number: 10 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 9-8-1858
September 8, 1858: Port: Erie Number: 11 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 3-28-1862; Next document: (Vessel broken up); Next document: (out of commission for years)
July 25, 1862: Port: Erie Number: 6 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Re-enrolled
Next document: Buffalo 7-22-1863
July 22, 1863: Port: Buffalo Number: 148 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Papers Issued
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History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Queen City (1848-1862);
b. Barge, Queen City (1862-1863)
Nationality:: American (1848-1863)
Chronology:: 1. 11/7/1850, Toledo, collision, (Schooner, General Houston), repaired;
2. 11/15/1850, Maumee Bay, Toledo, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
3. 5/1/1851, Cleveland, struck a pier and repaired, $300 loss;
4. 10/29/1852, Dunkirk, Lake Erie, ashore in a fog, jetted cargo and released, $6, 500 loss;
5. 12/5/1852, Dunkirk, lost a man overboard;
6. 4/13/1853, Dunkirk, ashore, struck the rocks near the lighthouse, sank and raised, (flour and livestock), $1, 500 loss;
7. 7/20/1853, Buffalo, collision, (Steamer, St. Lawrence), repaired, $1, 000 loss;
8. 10/21/1853, Erie, sank and raised, $3, 973 loss;
9. 9/00/1854, Lake Michigan, broke her anchor in a gale and repaired;
10. 9/00//1855, Sheboygan, damaged in a gale and repaired, $300 loss;
11. 10/00/1855, Lake Erie, broken machinery and repaired, $1, 500 loss;
12. 11/00/1856, Straits of Mackinac, broken machinery and repaired, (merchandise), hull $3, 000 loss;
13. 8/17/1863, Point aux Barques, broke her tow rope and wrecked on the rocks;
14. 7/21/1865, Port Hope, Lake Huron, vessel lost;

Notes

General notes:: She had one deck in 1862;
She did not carry any masts in 1862;
1862, rig changed to a barge:
Home ports - Erie (1848-1857) (1858-1862); Green Bay (1857-1858);
Machinery: Crosshead low pressure engine; Cylinder: 56" diameter x 9' stroke; Wheels,32' diameter; The engine was taken from the Steamer Buffalo;
She was valued at $18,000, in 1860;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania; Michilimackinac, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania; Michilimackinac, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. V.;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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