WITT, STILLMAN (1857, Tug (Towboat))

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Horizontal (Locomotive)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 18 x 16" stroke engine from McGinnies & Company, Albany, New York 21 x 4.5' boiler with SEE's patent heater to preheat boiler water

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Park Point, Duluth, Minnesota, Duluth harbor, Lake Superior
Date:: 1882
How:: Abandoned
Notes:: Burned at dock, was towed to Ferry dock & dismantled; hull left where it lay

History

Chronology:

1857 Enrolled at Buffalo, New York

1857, October Burst boiler at dock in Buffalo harbor, sank, six lives

lost; raised & repaired

1858 In Detroit River Tug Association, with 3 other vessels

1860 Taken to New York, New York for service in Civil War;

owned Charles Van Beutringsen, Albany, New York

1862, February Owned Charles D. Harmon, New York, New York

1862, March Owned John Reid, et.al., New York

1863, September Rebuilt as a sidewheel steamer; same owner

1871 Returned to Great Lakes