Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Cataract (Steamer, 1847)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Cataract
Also known as:
Columbian
Year of Build:
1847
Rebuilt:
1. 1860, Oswego, New York;
Official Number:
4934
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ogdensburg, New York
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
John Oades
Ownership Notes:
St. Lawrence Steamboat Company, (1846-1848); Allen, E. B., (1848-1859); Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Company, (1848-1857); American Steamship Company, (1857-1867); Farewell, S., (1859-1860); Burt, A. T., (1865); Canadian Navigation Company, (1868-1870); Carruthers, Edward N., (1870-1871); Perry & /Company, (1871);
Master(s):
Van Cleve, J., (1848); Chapman, R. B., (1849-1859); Kelly, A. D., (1852); Child, R. F., (1853); Ledyard, L. H., (1859-1860);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1847)
Hull Dimensions
1847
Length: 209' 6" Width/Beam: 27' 6" Depth: 10' 4"
1860
Length: 224' Width/Beam: 27' 6" Depth: 10' 4"
1865
Length: 224' Width/Beam: 27.5' Depth: 10'
Tonnage
1847
Gross: 527 + 29/95
1860
Gross: 614 + 55/95
1865
Gross: 792.00
Enrollments/Registration
June 29, 1847
   Port: Oswegatchie Number: 5 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-20-1848
April 20, 1848
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 3 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-6-1849
April 6, 1849
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 3 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-16-1850
April 16, 1850
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 3 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-25-1851
April 25, 1851
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 1 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-15-1852
April 15, 1852
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 1 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 7-3-1853
July 3, 1853
   Port: Ogdensburg** Number: 5 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-21-1859
April 21, 1859
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 1 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-16-1859
June 16, 1859
   Port: Oswego Number: 6 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-30-1860
June 30, 1860
   Port: Oswego Number: 3 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Oswego 3-28-1865
March 28, 1865
   Port: Oswego Number: 4 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Oswego 1-6-1867

Next document: (Sold foreign)

Next document: Register closed, 6-7-1871
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Cataract (1847-1867);
b. Steamer, Columbian (1867-1871)
Nationality:
American (1847-1867); Canada (1867-1871)
Chronology:
1. 6/18/1852, on the shoal near Oswego, ashore and released, repaired at Kingston, $1, 200 loss;
2; 9/00/.1855, mouth of the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, collision, (Steamer, Niagara), repaired, $2, 000 loss;
3. 10/00/1859, damaged cargo of merchandise, $1, 000 loss;
4. 9/00/1868, Alexandria Bay, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $3, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
*She had 2 decks in 1865;
**This enrollment gives the tonnage as 529 + 29/95, which is an error;
The Canadian register closed on 6/7/1871, Vessel dismantled;
Machinery: Vertical Beam engine built by Henry R. Dunham & Company at Archimedes Works, New York, New York; Cylinder, 44" diameter x 11' stroke; Wheels, 30' diameter;
She was valued at $16,000, in 1860; $18,000, in 1866;
Lytle-Holdcamper gives the tonnage as 577 which is an error;
She was dismantled and register closed 6/7/1871;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Ogdensburg, New York; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Ogdensburg, New York; Oswego, New York;
3. Vessel Register: (1860-1871);
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
9. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
Contact
Contact
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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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