ARGO (1849, Ferry)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ARGO
Year of Build:
1849
Official Number:
1427
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Ferry
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Captain Burtis
Master Carpenter:
John Foster
Original Owner and Location:
George B. Russell, Detroit, MI
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
Hull Dimensions
Length:
91'
Beam:
19'
Depth:
7'
Tonnage (old style):
111 39/95
Final Disposition
Date:
1879
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

Ran Detroit & Windsor.

First steamboat built Michigan.

1849, May 20 Fire box collapsed while on trial trip; one killed.

1849, Jul 14 Enrolled Detroit, MI as new vessel.

Ran with UNDINE in Detroit & Windsor ferry service; later with GEM & OTTAWA.

1863 Ran with ESSEX, GEM, UNION, TRANSIT, & WINDSOR; owned J. Forbes, Detroit, MI.

1864 Rebuilt after damaged by explosion; owned Forbes, Detroit.

1865 Readmeasured; 118.53 gross tons.

1872, Nov 17 Retired from ferry service; upper works removed & used as barge.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
C. Patrick Labadie
Lytle List
Newspaper Clippings
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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