AMERICA (1854, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AMERICA
Also known as:
COATZACOALCOS
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Niagra, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Note: round stern
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
L. Shickluna
Original Owner and Location:
Great Western Railroad Co., Hamilton, ONT
Ownership Notes:
W.C. Stephens, Secretary
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:
1
Propulsion Notes:
Cylinder 70" x 12' stroke; machinery from West Point Foundry Co., New York, NY; variety of tonnages listed: 453, 1100, 1561, 1683, & 2030.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
279'
Beam:
36'
Depth:
13.5'
Tonnage (old style):
453
Final Disposition
Final Location:
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.
Date:
11 Apr 1869
How:
Burned.
Notes:
Crew rescued.
History
Chronology:

1856 Ran the Toronto-Kingston-Ogdensburg route.

1857-58 Owned Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad Co.

1858, Sep 15 Certificate of ownership cancelled by letter from Collector of Customs, Quebec.

1859, Jan 19 Admitted into US Registry, New York City; renamed COATZACOALCOS.

1859 Measured 285'6" x 38' 4" x 14'; 1683 tons.

1858-60 Owned Peter A. Hargous, New York.

1860-62 Owned Marshall O. Roberts.

During Civil War- Charterd by U.S. War Department for use along Atlantic Coast & Gulf of Mexico.

1862, Sep 24 Renamed AMERICA.

1862 Rebuilt, owned People's Line; went to Nicaragua.

1863 Went to Pacific to run San Francisco-Panama Route.

1864-66 Owned Central American Transit Co.; San Francisco-Nicaragua Route.

1866-68 Owned North American Steamship Co.

1868-69 Owned Pacific Mail Steamship Co.; San Franciso-San Diego- Mexican ports.

1869, Apr 11 Burned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Canadian Registers
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Lytle List
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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