GAZELLE (1858)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: New Port (Marine City), MI
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: J.L. Wolverton
Original Owner and Location:: Eber B. Ward, Detroit, MI
Ownership Notes:: Painted & decorated by James Elliott; builder also listed as R.C. Connell.

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Eagle Harbor,
Lake Superior.
Date:: Sep 1860
Notes:: Entering the harbor, missed the piers and beached on the rocks, broke up the next day; owned E.B. Ward, Ward's Superior Lake Line; 1864 wreckage removed; 1943 hull raised (possibly the sidewheeler ILLINOIS).

History

Chronology:

Built to run between Grand Haven, MI & Milwaukee, WI in conjunction with the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad.

1858, Oct 13 Enrolled Detroit, MI; owned Eber B. Ward, Detroit.

1858, Dec Damaged in a collision on Lake Michigan.

1859, Mar 28 Owned Eber W. Owen, Ann Arbor, MI.

1860, Sep 8 or 10 Wrecked.

Notes