Bay State (Steamer, 1848)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Clayton, New York*
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head (1848); Scroll Head (1862), (1868)
Builder Name:: John Oades
Ownership Notes:: Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Company, (1848-1857); Allen, E. B., (1850-1853); American Steamship Company, (1857-1867); Farewell, S., (1859); Barnes, G., (1862); Ontario Steam Boat Company, (1863-1866); Burt, O. T., (1865); Canadioan Navigation Company, Ltd., (1868-1874); Compagnie de Navigation Union, (1874-1877); Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, Ltd., (1877-1883);
Master(s):: Vancleve, J., (1850); Leogard, J. H., (1851); Ledyard, J. H., (1852-1853); Child, R. F., (1859); Morley, J. A., (1862);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 31, 1849: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 7 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Ogdensburg 8-5-1850
June 5, 1850: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 6 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 6-7-1851
June 7, 1851: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 5 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 6-6-1852
June 6, 1852: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 5 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 7-14-1853
July 14, 1853: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 6 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-24-1859
June 24, 1859: Port: Oswego Number: 7 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-19-1862
July 19, 1862: Port: Oswego Number: 3 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Oswego 7-19-1865
July 19, 1865: Port: Oswego Number: 6 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt; Readmeasured
Next document: Oswego 6-24-1867; Next document: (Sold Foreign)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, Bay State (1848-1868);
b. Steamer, Athenian (1868-1883)
Nationality:: American (1848-1867); Canadian (1867-1883)
Chronology:: 1. 11/2/1853, near Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence River, ashore and released, $500 loss;
2. 8/26/1854, 6 miles above Ogdensburg, in the St. Lawrence River, ashore and released;
3. 5/00/1856, Chicago, ashore and released;
4. 5/9/1860, Toronto Harbor Islands, ashore in a fog and released, $2, 500 loss;
5. 4/00/1863, Genesee River, collision, (unknown vessel), repaired, $180 loss;
6. 8/14/1867, Lake Ontario, collision, (sank Propeller, Magnet), repaired;
7. In July, 1877, the registration was closed on the Athenian and she was dismantled and hull was towed to Sorel and moored.
8. 12/13/1883, she tore loose from her moorings and traveled down stream where she hit a reef at Chenal du Moine, and
sank; Here she remained abandoned until she broke up;

Notes

General notes:: * Some references say she was built at Ogdensburgh and finished at Clayton in the Merrick Ship Yard;
**3 decks in 1865;
1867, sold to Inland Navigational Company of Canada; Home port was out of Montreal (1871-1873);
She was valued at $25,000,in1860; $20,000, in1866; $25,000, in 1873;
Engine: Vertical Bean; Cylinder, 56" diameter x 11' stroke; Wheels, 32' diameter; (some references claim the wheels were 34' in diameter);
Her sister ship was the Steamer, Ontario;
She was sold foreign in 1867;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Ogdensburg, New York; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Ogdensburg, New York; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1860-1873);
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. VI;
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
8. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
9. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
10. Detroit Free Press: 12/25/1867;

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