ARROW (1848, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 46" x 10' stroke,325 hp engine built Murphy Iron Works, New York, NY; installed Cuyahoga Steam Furnace, Cleveland, OH; wheels = 28'.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Green Bay, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: 1864
How:: Condemned & dismantled.
Notes:: Engines removed & installed in steamer GEORGE L. DUNLAP, 1864; then, installed in DARIUS COLE, 1885.

History

Chronology:

1848, Jun 19 Enrolled Detroit.

1849 Began service between Sandusky & Lake Erie Islands.

1848, Oct 23 Collided with propeller ONEIDA; towed to Detroit for repairs.

1849, Jul 11 Ran aground on Put-in-Bay Island; hull damaged; towed to Detroit for repairs.

1851-57 Ran Detroit, MI to Toledo, OH.

1857, Jun 3 Ran Buffalo, NY to Chippewa, ONT.

1858 Transferred to Green Bay, WI; ran to ports on east shore of Lake Michigan.

1859, Nov 15 Stranded Gross Pointe on west shore of Lake Michigan; released Nov. 18th; repaired Green Bay.

1861 Owned W.D. Caverly, Detroit; operated as tow on St.Clair Flats.

1863, May 19 Owned Chas. T. Harley et al, Lake Superior Forwarding Co., Sault Ste. Marie, MI; ran Chicago to Lake Superior ports.

1864 Condemned at Green Bay.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers; C. Patrick Labadie; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Ed Middleton; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library