FOREST CITY (1852, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Trenton, MI
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Patrick Bates
Original Owner and Location:: Ira Davis, Eber B. & Samuel Ward, Detroit, MI.
Ownership Notes:: Davis, Ward & Co.

Power

Hull Dimensions

History

Chronology:

1852, May 17 Enrolled Detroit, MI; ran Detroit - Cleveland, OH.

1852, Jun Collapsed flues on Lake Erie, three killed; towed by steamer ALABAMA for repairs.

1853, Apr Grounded 1 mile west Huron, OH; towed off by SOUTHERNER.

1853, Mar 30 Owned John Owen, Eber B. & Samuel Ward, Detroit; thoroughly overhauled; renamed BAY CITY.

1857, Apr Collision with steam tug UNCLE BEN.

1858, Apr 5 Burned Port Stanley, ONT.

1858, Apr 12 Owned Arthur Edwards, Trenton, MI; cabins removed; rebuilt as towboat or tug.

1860 Owned Ward & Lundsy.

1861, Sep 21 Owned John Edwards & George Harrington, Trenton, MI.

1862, May 20 Sprang leak, sank off shore in storm; crew rescued by tug WINSLOW.

1862, Jul Machinery removed.

1868 Dismantled after being wrecked, Clay Banks, WI.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Burton Collection; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database; Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers; Lytle List; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley