Year of Build:

1837

Built at:

Perrysburgh, OH

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

3

Builder Name:

J. H. Hollister & Co.

Master Carpenter:

Samuel L. Hubble

Original Owner:

Perrysburgh & Miami Steamboat Co

Ownership Notes:

Hollister & Co., Perrysburgh Davis & Co. cleveland Kingman & Co., Buffalo

Number of Masts:

1

Propulsion:

Sidewheel

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

Propulsion Notes:

27" x 3', 120hp engine, Hathaway & Co., 1836

Length:

156' 6"

Beam:

25' 9"

Depth:

10' 3"

Tonnage (old style):

390 46/95

Final Location:

off Vermilion, OH
Lake Erie

Date:

28 Apr 1850

How:

boiler exploded, sunk

Notes:

c38 lost

1837, May 20 Launched; ran Perrysburgh-Toledo, OH-Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie

1843, May 24 Caught fire at wharf Sandusky, OH, Lake Erie

pre1844 Ran to Chicago, IL, Lake Michigan

1844, Jul 19 Same owner, Monroe, MI; ran Detroit-Buffalo

1845, Spring Repaired

1848, May 23 Lost upper deck by hurricane force winds, Detroit

1849, Apr 21 Rebuilt at Trenton, MI by D. W. Donahue; owned Charles Howard, Detroit; 155 x 27'4" x 10; 400 80/95 tons; old engine to BALITMORE (1849); new engine from steamer COLUMBUS (1835), 150hp horizontal crosshead engine built by Olds & Co., sandusky, OH & rebuilt by James Menzes; new boilers built by Wolcott, Detroit; one deck; ran Detroit-Buffalo

1850, Jan 12 Drushed & sunk by ice, John Chester & Co. Dock, Detroit River

1850, Apr 28 Boiler exploded, sunk

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie