Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Lowell (Propeller, 1865)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Lowell
Year of Build:
1865
Rebuilt:
1. 1885;
Official Number:
14655
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Ira Laffrienier
Ownership Notes:
Chamberlain, Philo, (1865); French, A., (1873); Ellsworth, W. W., (1880); Recor, E. C., (1881); Hart, Frank,(1884-1885); Wescott, C. H., (1888): Wagner, C. L., (1890-1893); Dinnie, William, (1893);
Master(s):
Shaver, Alva, (1865-1868); Leonard, John, (1869-1870); Smith, R., (1871-1873); Rolls,W., (1880); Recor, E. C., (1881); Westcott, C. H., (1884); Hart, Frank, (1884); Westcott, C. H., (1885-1888); Woodford, C. H., (1890); Wagner, C. L., (1893); Clifford, A., (1893):
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1865)
Hull Dimensions
1865
Length: 136.3' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11.2'
Tonnage
1865
Gross: 460.12 Net: 387.99
1885
Gross: 344.36 Net: 254.77
Enrollments/Registration
September 13, 1865
   Port: Cleveland Number: 282 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 5-31-1873
May 31, 1873
   Port: Cleveland Number: 107 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-10-1876
March 10, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 45 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-26-1876
March 26, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 64 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-27-1877
April 27, 1877
   Port: Chicago Number: 20 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-4-1877
May 4, 1877
   Port: Cleveland Number: 57 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-22-1879
April 22, 1879
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 5 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Grand Haven 4-13-1880
April 13, 1880
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 120 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 5-2-1881
May 2, 1881
   Port: Port Huron Number: 109 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-8-1884
April 8, 1884
   Port: Port Huron Number: 93 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 8-28-1884
August 28, 1884
   Port: Port Huron Number: 24 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-24-1884
April 24, 1884
   Port: Port Huron Number: 81 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-12-1885
May 12, 1885
   Port: Port Huron Number: 112 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 4-19-1888
April 19, 1888
   Port: Detroit Number: 70 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-24-1888
July 24, 1888
   Port: Detroit Number: 8 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-21-1890
April 21, 1890
   Port: Sandusky Number: 35 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 3-7-1893
March 7, 1893
   Port: Sandusky Number: 17 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1893
April 17, 1893
   Port: Detroit Number: 74 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-2-1893

Next document: (Vessel Burned, 11/10/1893)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Lowell (1865-1893)
Nationality:
American (1865-1893)
Chronology:
1. 9/00/1870, Oswego, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $1, 600 loss;
2. 10/00/1871, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $8, 500 loss;
3. 10/00/1873, Oswego, Lake Ontario, broke her piston rod and replaced, $225 loss;
4. 5/00/1874, broke shaft and lost wheel in Welland Canal, repaired, $1, 200 loss;
5. 11/10/1893, Saint Clair, Michigan, St. Clair River, caught on fire and burned to a total loss;
Notes
General notes:
She was lost in 1893;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Ogdensburg, New York;
Port Huron, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Ogdensburg, New York;
Port Huron, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
5. John Poole's notes;
6. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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