SENECA CHIEF (1825, Canalboat)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SENECA CHIEF
Year of Build:
1825
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Canalboat
Note: Packet Boat
Hull Materials:
Wood
Original Owner and Location:
Thaddeus Joy et al, Buffalo
Power
Propulsion Notes:
Most likely horse drawn.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
73' 3"
Beam:
13'
Depth:
3'
Tonnage (old style):
26 84/95
History
Chronology:

1825, Oct 26 First canal boat that passed from Lakes to tide water at Lockport, Erie Canal, Hudson River to Atlantic.

Later owned by Robert Hunter et al, S.B. Jermaine et al, Freeman Goodman Et al & John Hartman et al; unspecified dates.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Library of Congress
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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