REID, KATY (1867, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Horizontal
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: two 16" x 5' engines, Fort Howard Foundry & Machine Works Two boilers 16' long 16' wheels, buckets 5' 4" long 17" wide

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Saginaw River at Salzburg, MI
Lake Huron
Date:: 20 Oct 1873
How:: burned
Notes:: Burned at night at her dock, boiler and some steam gear salvaged; into tug A. H. HUNTER.

History

Chronology:

Used towing on Fox River and Green Bay.

1868 Owned East shore Line; modified for passenger service, cabins on deck.

1870, Mar 29 Sold by N. Engleman to Enos, Spring Lake, MI for Grand River use.

1872, Jun 13 enrolled Port Huron, MI; owned John D. McKinnon, Bay City, MI; new boiler.

1873, Oct 20 Owned George Campbell, Bay City; burned, Lake Huron.

Notes