TOLEDO (1862, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TOLEDO
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
24112
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Note: passenger & freight
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Peck & Masters
Original Owner and Location:
Dean Richmond, New York City, New York
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
180' 6"
Beam:
30' 4"
Depth:
12'
Tonnage (old style):
622
History
Chronology:

1863, July 15 Damaged by fire in Buffalo Harbor

1864, May 11 Owned Buffalo & Toledo Transportation Company, Buffalo,

New York

1865, May 12 Readmeasured, 2 decks, 1 mast, 179.5 x 31 x 10.75',

792.25 gross tons, US24112, full length cabins added

1868, March Getting new arches at Buffalo

1869, April 26 Owned Union Steamboat Company, Buffalo

1872, July 5 Collision with schooner SNOW BIRD at anchor near Sarnia,

Ontario

1873 Repaired

1875, October 23 Repaired, Union Dry Dock, Buffalo

1875, November 5 Ashore Fish Creek, released by the CANISTED after 14

hours & lightering

1879 Repaired

1881 Owned James H. Farwell, et.al., Detroit, Michigan

1882, August Machinery disabled, towed into Tobermory, Ontario by tug

RESCUE, later towed to Collingwood, Ontario by tug

MARY ANN

1882, September 27 New cylinder, valves & crossheads

1883, April 7 Owned Sydenham Scott, et.al., Detroit

1883, June 2 Rebuilt at Collingwood, Ontario after burning on Georgian

Bay

1885, October 17 Owned Eber Ward, et.al., Detroit, Michigan

1888, August 27 Reboilered at Port Huron, Michigan

1888, September 7 Partially damaged by fire at Detroit

1889 Upper works badly damaged; repaired

1890, September 21 Condemned by inspectors, towed to Detroit for

repairs

1891, April 16 Change tonnage, 1 deck, 1 mast, 181.1 x 31.6 x 10.7',

579.46 gross tons; remodeled for freight only

1893, April 14 Owned John Stevenson, et.al., Detroit

1896, April 29 Owned L.W. Cook, Algonac, Michigan

1897, April 22 Owned John S. Gray, Detroit

1898, September 29 Went aground after becoming waterlogged in gale

near Portage Lake Canal; went to pieces next morning

1898, October 11 Enrollment surrendered, Detroit

1898, November 9 Wreck removed by government, Captain W.H. Singer had

contract

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
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USA
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