WILLIAMS, CAROLINE (1868, Tug (Towboat))

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Henry J. Williams
Original Owner and Location:: Williams, McNaughton & Wood, Buffalo, New York

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 10 miles WSW Big Pt.Sable, near Ludington, Lake Michigan
Date:: 22 Apr 1884
How:: Burned
Notes:: Burned & sank, crew rescued by damaged schooner WATERTOWN in her tow

History

Chronology:

1868, July 10 Owned John Canfield, Manistee, Michigan; part of

Canfield Tug Lines with HUNTER SAVIDGE, JOHN T. EDWARDS,

MUD HEN & J.W.PARSONS

1871, June 21 Owned Canfield & Wheeler

1876, March 13 Broken engine off Point Sauble; rescued by tug FRANK

CANFIELD near Ludington, Michigan

1876, December 7 Owned Canfield, Wheeler & Grewuch

1877, November Lost smoke stack in colision with bridge near Manistee

1878 Best wrecking apparatus on the shore

1879, September 15 61.07 gross/48.7 net tons