Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Colorado (Propeller, 1867)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Colorado
Year of Build:
1867
Official Number:
4267
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Bidwell and Banta
Ownership Notes:
Ensign, Charles, (1867-1872); Union Steam Boat Company, (1870-11875); Commercial Line, (1883); Miller, A. P., (1884); Richardson, R. J., (1887-1888); Botsford, William F., (1889-1892); Wright, Theodore P., (1892); Woodworth, E. D., (1892);
Master(s):
Brett, J. W., (1867-1871); Palmer, J. T., (1872); Langley, J. W., (1872); Kerney, P. J., (1884); Vero, J. H., (1887); McCullogh, G., (1888-1889); Dority, F. A., (1892);
Power
Number of Masts:
0 (1867)
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 254.6' Width/Beam: 35' Depth: 13'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 1,470.55 Net: 1,321.78
Enrollments/Registration
May 11, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 121 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-10-1872
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June 10, 1872
   Port: Buffalo Number: 185 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo9-3-1884
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September 3, 1884
   Port: Buffalo Number: 14 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-18-1887
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April 18, 1887
   Port: Buffalo Number: 50 of 1887
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 4-29-1887
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April 29, 1887
   Port: Chicago Number: 89 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 5-4-1888
May 4, 1888
   Port: Chicago Number: 103 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-23-1889
May 23, 1889
   Port: Port Huron Number: 193 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-2-1890
June 2, 1890
   Port: Port Huron Number: 157 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-25-1892
May 25, 1892
   Port: Port Huron Number: 163 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-31-1898

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Colorado (1867-1898)
Nationality:
American (1867-1898)
Chronology:
1. 6/00/1867, Lake Michigan, broke her machinery and repaired, $1, 900 loss;
2. 11/00/1867, Milwaukee, ashore and released, $17, 000 loss;
3. 5/11/1869, 40 miles south of Thunder Bay, Island, Lake Huron, collision, (sank Bark, H. P. Bridge), repaired, $600 loss;
4. 9/00/1869, Chicago, collision with a bridge and repaired, $275 loss;
5. 5/23/1872, Sturgeon Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, (railroad iron) $11, 200 loss;
6. 10/00/1873, Sleeping Bear, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $7, 000 loss;
7. 11/00/1873, St. Clair River, collision and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
8. 5/00/1874, Chicago, collision, (Schooner, Gulnare), repaired, $100 loss;
9. 5/00/1874, broke her wheel on Lake Erie, repaired, $300 loss;
10. 6/00/1874, disabled wheel on Lake Michigan, $300 loss;
11 5./4/1877, St. Clair River, collision, (sank Schooner, R. J. Gibbs), repaired;
12. 9/30/1883, one half miles west of Buffalo, Lake Erie, starboard boiler exploded and repaired, (5 lives lost);
13. 6/5/1892, southeast corner of Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron, ashore in a dense fog and released;
14. 9/18/1898 Eagle River Reef, Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, struck wreck of Propeller, H. S. Pickands and went ashore;
15. 9/24/1898, hull went to pieces;
Notes
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
8, Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;
Contact
Contact
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