BLANCHARD, B.W. (1870, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: BLANCHARD, B.W.
Year of Build:: 1870
Official Number:: 2806

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: "Arch-braced", 2 stacks.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Quayle & Martin
Master Carpenter:: John Martin
Original Owner and Location:: Union Steamboat Co., Buffalo, NY.

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 24 & 54 x 36", 400hp @ 75rpm engine, Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo, NY, 1870.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 212.3'
Beam:: 32.4'
Depth:: 12.2'
Tonnage (gross):: 1173.01
Capacity:: 1250 tons

Final Disposition

Final Location:: North Point Reef above Alpena, MI.
Thunder Bay, Lake Huron.
Date:: 28 Nov 1904
How:: Stranded & wrecked.
Final Cargo:: 700,000' lumber.
Notes:: Bound Cheboygan - Detroit with tow barges J.T. JOHNSON & JOHN KELDERHOUSE; stranded on reef & broke up in gale. Crew rescued; boiler & some lumber salvaged. 1904, Dec 31 Documents surrendered, Detroit.

History

Chronology:

1870, Jul 19 Launched; $90,000.

1870 - 86 Ran package freight between Chicago, IL - Milwaukee, WI -Buffalo, NY; often towed barges G.S. HAZARD or F.A. GEORGER.

1873, Apr 14 1142.79 gross tons.

1873, May 8 Collided with & sank steamer ARIZONIA, St. Clair Flats.

1878, Oct Collided with scow MARY GARRETT.

1879 Rebuilt.

1880 9'4" x 16', 66# firebox boiler, by Detroit Locomotive Works.

1884, Oct Damaged by fire, Milwaukee.

1885, Jun 29 Damaged by fire & sank at Milwaukee.

1885, Nov Chartered by Lake Superior Transit Line.

1886, Apr 5 1023.67 net tons.

1886, Nov 13 Owned Aaron A. Parker, Detroit, MI et al., Detroit Transportation Co.

1887, Jun Boiler damaged, repairs in Detroit.

1887, Jun 10 Stranded off South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan.

c1887 Chartered by Vermont Central Line for flour trade.

1887 Owned A.A. Parker et al, Detroit.

1888, Mar 23 Owned Buffalo & Duluth Transportation Co., Detroit.

1890, Sep 13 Ran aground leaving Superior, WI.

1891 Chartered by Lake Superior Transit Line; towed M.E. TREMBLE.

1892 - 95 Chartered by Clover Leaf Steamboat Line to run Toledo, OH - Buffalo, NY.

1897 Rebuilt with steel arches.

1902, Feb 12 Owned CHarles W. Kotcher, Erin, MI & Charles W. Restrick, Detroit (Kotcher Lumber Co).

1902, Mar 31 Rebuilt as steambarge (lumber carrier), Chicago, IL; 1 deck, 2 masts, 1 stack & 1 boiler removed; 221 x 32.4 x 11.8; 919.62 gross / 526.95 net tons.

1904, Nov 28 Wrecked.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library