TOLEDO (1854, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TOLEDO
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Note: package freight
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Benjamin Buhl Jones
Original Owner and Location:
Charles H. Lee, et.al., Buffalo, New York
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
178' 7"
Beam:
29' 2"
Depth:
11' 10"
Tonnage (old style):
585.22
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Washington, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan
Date:
24 Oct 1856
Final Depth:
20 feet'
How:
Dragged ashore, broke up
Final Cargo:
17 passengers, package freight
Notes:
39 lives lost of total 42
History
Chronology:

1855 Owned American Transportation Company, Buffalo, New York

1855, August Collision with schooner WHITE CLOUD, both suffered damage

1855 Struck pier at Cleveland, sank in harbor, vessel & corn cargo

damaged

1856, October 24 Dragged anchor, went aground & broke up

1857, September 27 Boilers raised by Captain Harrison, now taking

engine to pieces; boilers shipped to Chicago,

Illinois

1900 Delos Smith Fisheries recovered some of the tackle; one anchor at

Port Washington Union Cemetary

1963, August 2 SCUBA divers located site, recovered artifacts

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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