ONTARIO (1857, Tug (Towboat))

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Philadelphia, PA
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: William Cramp
Original Owner and Location:: H.M. Ames & Captain Joseph Kimball, Oswego, New York
Ownership Notes:: Pettys Island, New Jersey, also listed as build city

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: South of Port Huron, Michigan, Saint Clair River
Date:: 17 Nov 1883
How:: Burned
Notes:: Caught fire while at dock, hawser burned through & drifted into the river Sank few miles below city

History

Chronology:

1857, July 8 First enrolled, Oswego, New York

1860 Owned Miller & Hand, Toledo, Ohio

Date Unknown Owned Hand & Rutherford

1866, March Owned Captain A. Stone, Cleveland, Ohio

1867, February 25 Owned James P. Harrow, Algonac, Michigan & C.H. Weeks, Detroit, Michigan; 73.6 x 16.2 x 6.4', 46.01 gross tons

1870, October Burned, Algonac, Lake Huron

1872 Rebuilt, 77 x 16.3 x 7.5', 54 gross tons

1873 Owned A.Smith, Algonac

1882 Owned Marquette parties, Michigan; 54.26 gross tons

1883, November 16 Burned at dock, Port Huron, Michigan; owned H.N. Jex, Port Huron