POTOMAC (1855, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
POTOMAC
Year of Build:
1855
Official Number:
19618
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Master Carpenter:
Luther Moses
Original Owner and Location:
Charles Ensign, Rufus C.Palmer, & William Foot, Cleveland, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
# Cylinders:
2
Propulsion Notes:
Two 25 X 36" engines built by Buffalo Engineering Works, NY, 1855. 17' X 7 1/2' or 6 1/2' X 6 1/2' firebox boiler built 1853.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
209.14'
Beam:
33.04'
Depth:
12.43'
Tonnage (old style):
818 40/95
Capacity:
900 tons
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Buckhorn Island, NY,
Niagara River.
Date:
1895
How:
Abandoned.
Notes:
1899, Jun 30 Documents surrendered.
History
Chronology:

1855, Oct 25 Owned American Transportation Co., Buffalo, NY.

1856, Oct Collided with brig JOHN G. DESHLER, Lake Michigan.

1860, Mar 27 Owned William Williams, Andrew J. Rich, & Henry Martin, Buffalo.

1860, Apr 23 Owned Franklin Lee, Silver Creek, NY.

1860, May 12 Owned Lee & Nicholas Gebhard.

1860, Sep Broke shaft near Milwaukee, WI, Lake Michigan.

1861, Apr 10 Owned Gebhard & Charles Ensign, Buffalo.

1861 Large repairs.

1863, Apr 24 Homeport Milwaukee, WI; one mast.

1864, Apr 9 Owned Western Transportation Co., Tonawanda, NY.

1865, Apr 29 Readmeasured 210.6 X 33.7 X 11.25; 1021.66 gross tons; 2 decks.

1866, May 12 Rebuilt 210.6 X 33.7 X 12.6; 1108.35 gross tons.

1868 Rebuilt.

1877, Sep New arches & bulworks; boilers replaced (from TONAWANDA, built 1856 - sank 1870).

1881, May 6 Owned John Green, Buffalo.

1881, Jun 1 Grounded near Erie, PA with coal; repaired.

1882, Mar 22 Owned Samuel L. Watson & Henry W. Watson, Buffalo.

1882, Jul 17 Owned Louisa Wex & Henry Watson, Buffalo; 858.53 net tons.

1883, Aug 14 Struck rock & beached near Ahnapee, WI, Lake Michigan with rye; badly damaged.

1884, Sep 13 Sank at Buffalo.

1885, Jun 26 Converted to barage; 659.61 gross / 627.13 net tons; one deck, 3 masts.

1886-93 Towed by St. Louis.

1892, Apr 15 Owned Niagara Falls Paper Co., NY.

1892, Oct Struck pier & smashed stern, Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

c1895 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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