HUDSON, HENDRIK (1846, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
HUDSON, HENDRIK
Year of Build:
1846
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black River, OH
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Master Carpenter:
G.W. Jones
Original Owner and Location:
G.W. Jones & H.M. Kinnie, Ohio City, OH & Buffalo, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
# Cylinders:
1
Propulsion Notes:
30 x 120", 500hp engine, Cuyahoga Works.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
204' 8"
Beam:
32'
Depth:
12'
Tonnage (old style):
750 46/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Old river bed at Otis & Co. Rolling Mill, Cleveland, OH. Cuyahoga River. Lake Erie
Date:
21 May 1860
How:
Burned.
Notes:
Struck by lightning & burned. 1869 Wreck removed.
History
Chronology:

1846 Enrolled Cleveland, OH; launched unfinished Jul 11; traveled to upper Lakes for finish work.

1847, May Finish work complete; to run Buffalo, NY - Chicago, IL.

1848 Ran Buffalo - Sandusky, OH.

1848, Apr Collided with steamer CALEDONIA at Cleveland; repaired.

1848, Nov 29 Caught in harbor jam, Buffalo.

1849 Central Railroad line, Buffalo - Chicago.

1849, Jun 9 Collided with steamer SARATOGA, 20 miles east of Erie, PA, Lake Erie; badly damaged, 2 crew killed.

1850 Reed's Line, Buffalo - Chicago on Reed's Line.

1851 Steamship Line, Buffalo - Chicago.

1851 Capt J. Imson sold interest to Pappineau.

1852, Aug Collided with brig ST GALE, Lake Huron; damaged.

1853 Owned A.R. Cobb; Green Bay, WI - Buffalo.

1854, Aug Hull overhauled.

1856, Oct Aground Sandusky, Lake Erie.

1860, May 21 Burned, Cleveland.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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