Montana (Propeller, 1872)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Huron, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Alexander Muir (A. W. Smith, Master Carpenter)
Ownership Notes:: Root, Bird A., (1872); Pheatt, H., (1872); Allen, Jr., J., (1874); Rutler, J. H., (1884); Western Transit Company, (1886-1900): Jewett, S. S., (1886); Western Transportation Company, (1897): Erie & Western Transportation Company (1904); Galvin, M., (1904); Great Lakes Engine Company, (1904-1908): Tripp, Benjamin, (1908-1909); Harvey, Hugh, (1909); Sheehan, J. E., (1911);
Master(s):: Pheatt, H. D., (1872); Condon, E., (1874); Dissett, J., (1884); Cornick, John, (1886); Shaver, Alvah, (1891); Jones, A. R., (1897);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 25, 1872: Port: Port Huron Number: 117 of 1872
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 7-8-1872
July 8, 1872: Port: Buffalo Number: 7 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 3-21-1874
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March 21, 1874: Port: Buffalo Number: 166 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1884
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April 24, 1884: Port: Buffalo Number: 38 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-5-1886
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April 5, 1886: Port: Buffalo Number: 39 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-11-1897
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March 11, 1897: Port: Buffalo Number: 52 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-21-1904
December 21, 1904: Port: Buffalo
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Montana (1872-1914)
Nationality:: American (1872-1914)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1873, Chicago Harbor, broke her piston rod and replaced, $300 loss;
2. 5/00/1874, damaged by ice in the Straits, repaired, $600 loss, (wheat);
3. 00/00/1895, Portage Lake, sank and raised;
4. 5/25/1902, Elliots Point, off Bois Blanc Light, ashore and released;
5. 9/6/1914, 5 miles from Alpena, Michigan and 1 mile south-southwest of North Point, Lake Huron, caught on fire, burned and
sank, (lumber);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

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