OHIO (1847, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
OHIO
Year of Build:
1847
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Note: Round stern.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
3
Builder Name:
Sanford & Moses
Master Carpenter:
Sanford & Moses
Original Owner and Location:
Atwater, Joy & Webster et al, Buffalo, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
Propulsion Notes:
29" diameter cylinder; 400hp; 9' stroke piston; double poppet valve; engine built by Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co., OH, 1846. Boilers built by Morrison, Cleveland, OH. 25' diameter wheels.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
197'  7 1/2"
Beam:
28' 1"
Depth:
10' 11"
Tonnage (old style):
583 36/95
Final Disposition
Date:
Jul 1860
How:
Dismantled; burned for iron.
History
Chronology:

Ran Buffalo, NY to Toledo, OH & Sandusky, OH.

1848, Apr 20 Broke Crank, Erie, PA, Lake Erie.

1848, Oct Owned L. Brooks.

1850, Apr 12 Owned Charles M. Reed, Erie, PA; overhauled.

1851, Nov 1 Collided with & sank schooner ONEIDA, Black River, OH, Lake Erie.

1851-52 Wintered Dunkirk, NY; "considerably damaged".

1852, Mar/Apr Stuck in ice with 200 passengers, Erie, PA, Lake Erie.

1855 or 56, May Struck rock & damaged, Erie, PA.

1855, Oct Lost smoke stacks in storm, Fairport, OH.

1856, May 18 Collided with a schooner near Six Mile Creek, Lake Erie.

1858, Oct 13 Owned Levi Allen, Buffalo.

1860, Jul Dismantled; owned J. Leonard, Erie, PA.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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