SYRACUSE (1845, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SYRACUSE
Also known as:
LORD ELGIN
Year of Build:
1845
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, NY
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Note: On Erickson plan.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
G.S. Weeks
Original Owner and Location:
Moses Merrick et al, Oswego
Ownership Notes:
Eldridge G. Merrick, Danforth N. Barney, Hiram Davis, A.H. Hovey, George S. Weeks.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
120' 8"
Beam:
23' 9"
Depth:
11' 10"
Tonnage (old style):
314 70/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Long Point.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
2 Dec 1856
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
2,000 barrels flour.
Notes:
Bound Toronto for Montreal, she was driven ashore in a gale & wrecked.
History
Chronology:

1845, May 23 Enrolled Oswego, carried passengers emigrating westward.

1845, Jul Burned near Milwaukee, WI, destroying boiler deck.

1846 Ran Chicago, IL to Oswego.

1848 Ran in Oswego to Chicago grain trade also carring pork & furs.

1851 Sold Canadian; C33457; renamed LORD ELGIN; 116 x 21 x 10', 153 tons; owned Hooker, Pridham & Co., Toronto, ONT.

1853 Ran daily Kingston to Montreal, QUE as mail boat.

1856 Ashore Duck Island Lake; released & repaired.

1856, Dec 2 Wrecked Lake Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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USA
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