BLACK HAWK (1854, Brig)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BLACK HAWK
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ohio City, OH
Vessel Type:
Brig
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Stevens & Presley
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
138'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
12'
Tonnage (old style):
384 66/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Pt. Betsey.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
1 Nov 1862
How:
Driven ashore, wrecked in gale.
Final Cargo:
19,000 bu corn, stained glass, etc.
Notes:
? all lives lost.
History
Chronology:

1854, Nov Buffalo, NY-Chicago, IL sprung leak in gale; drydocked Detroit for repairs.

1857 Owned J.A. Beirey, Cleveland, OH.

1858, May Collided with tug RELIEF, Cleveland; damaged headgear.

1858 Sailed Detroit-Liverpool; 20 days out/35 days back.

1858-61 Ocean service.

1862 Owned D.N. Barney, Buffalo, NY.

1862, Nov 1 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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