QUEEN OF THE WEST (1853, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Bidwell & Banata
Master Carpenter:: Vincent Bidwell
Original Owner and Location:: Marshall O. Roberts, New York City, NY
Ownership Notes:: Joint property of railroads; Cental Buffalo & New York City New York & Erie Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
Propulsion Notes:: Engine 80" X 12'; Cunningham & Belknap, Phoenix Foundry, New York City, NY.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Cleveland, OH
Lake Erie.
Date:: 1862
How:: Dismantled.
Notes:: Engines to steamer EVENING STAR at New York City, NY. 1863 Hull broken up.

History

Chronology:

1853, Mar 12 Launched.

1853, Jul 11 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1853, Sep 2 Owned Dean Richmond et al, Buffalo, NY; New York Central Railroad.

1854, May 30 Ran into by a sail vessel off Erie, PA; some damage to wheelhouse.

1858 Laid up on account of the Financial Panic of 1857.

1862, Apr 30 Sold to Calvert Barr, New York City, NY.

1862 Dismantled.

Notes