CROCKETT, DAVY (1834, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CROCKETT, DAVY
Also known as:
COLONEL CROCKETT
Year of Build:
1834
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Erie, PA
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Note: Figurehead - 1/2horse, 1/2 alligator.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Griffith & Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Sternwheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
35
Final Disposition
Final Location:
St. Joseph River, 7 mi. upstream from Berrien Springs, MI.
Date:
Aug 1836
How:
Stranded & wrecked.
Notes:
1839 Machinery put into the new PATRONAGE.
History
Chronology:

Ran St. Joseph River, St. Joseph - Niles.

1834, May 9 Wrecked, St. Joseph, MI.

1836, Aug Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Donald V. Baut
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Lytle List
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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