DETROIT (1833, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Swan Creek, OH
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Original Owner and Location:: Detroit River Steam Navagation Co., Detroit, MI.
Ownership Notes:: Peter J. Desnoyers, President.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
Propulsion Notes:: Engine later used in steamers G.W. DOLE (1838) & COLUMBIA (1848).

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Near Southport (Kenosha), WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: Oct 1837
How:: Wrecked in gale.
Final Cargo:: Freight, passengers.
Notes:: Upper deck placed on Lot 1, Block 14 of Kenosha harbor for business. 1838 Machinery into steamer G.W. DOLE. 1848 Machinery into steamer COLUMBIA. 1930's Note D. Cooper, Kenosha, WI; sighted DETROIT buried in 8' sand. 1953, Sep 14 Reported hull raised & taken out of way to deepen channel.

History

Chronology:

1834, Apr 15 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1836, May 10 Owned H.V. Disbrow, Detroit.

1836, May 16 Disabled for two weeks, broken crank at Sandusky, OH, Lake Erie.

1836, Jul 23 Owned H.M. Campbell et al, Detroit District.

1837 Ran Michigan City, IN - Chicago, IL & Milwaukee, WI with stops at Pike River, Root River & Washington at the mouth of Sac River.

1837, Mar 28 Owned Lake Michigan Steamboat Co, et al.

1837, Oct Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; F. E. Hamilton; Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers; Lytle List; Gerry Metzler; Milwaukee Public Library; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; Loudon G. Wilson

Contact

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