URANIA (1865, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
URANIA
Year of Build:
1865
Official Number:
25029
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Builder Name:
Notter
Power
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
18 x 18" engine 9' x 9" x 5' 6" @ 80# steam tubular boiler, 1865
Hull Dimensions
Length:
61.2'
Beam:
15'
Depth:
6'
Tonnage (gross):
49.45
Final Disposition
Date:
1884
How:
abandoned
History
Chronology:

1865 Enrolled Buffalo, NY and Detroit,MI harbor tug, Detroit

1871 Owned Campbell and Mills, Detroit, MI

1874, Jul 26 Sunk, collision with tug J. T. RANSOM, Sandwich, ONT; repaired.

1877 Owned Sand Beach, MI; towing barges

1879, Apr Owned R. Hays, Fairport, OH

1879, Sep 24 Sunk, collision with schooner S. V. R. WATSON whom she had in tow; crew rescued

1881, Feb 11 Carried by ice into lake, Cleveland along with schooner M. J. KEYES and barge JOSEPH; repaired Cleveland

1884 Abandoned

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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