CORONA (1870, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Edgewater opposite Tonawanda, NY.
Lake Erie.
Date:: 18 Nov 1898
How:: Burned.
Notes:: Caught fire at her dock, other sources say burned at Edgewater, NY opposite Tonawanda.

History

Chronology:

Built for Chicago, IL to St. Joseph, MI route.

1873 420 gross tons.

1873 Chartered to F and PM. Railroad to replace JOHN SHERMAN.

1879 Same owners, Kenosha, WI.

1880 Daily service Ludington - Milwaukee - Manistee with JOHN A. DIX.

1881 Ran Chicago - Milwaukee - Manitowoc.

1882 Ran Chicago - Sturgeon Bay - Menominee.

1884 Daily run Manitowoc - Menominee.

1888 Beam engine 38 x 120", 1 firebox boiler 9'3" x 19', 50 #.

1892, Jan 30 Owned John J. Warde, Chicago, IL; for passengers to World Fair in Chicago.

1892 Sold to Ben Cowes, Buffalo, NY for excursion business.

1898, Nov 17 Burned on Lake Erie.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Ed Middleton; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden; Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit