ISLAND QUEEN (1855, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ISLAND QUEEN
Year of Build:
1855
Official Number:
12097
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Kelley Island, OH
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Daniel Dibble
Original Owner and Location:
Datus Kelley et al, Kelley's Island, OH.
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
Crosshead engine.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
122'
Beam:
16'
Depth:
7' 1"
Tonnage (old style):
168 49/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Grand Haven, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
3 Nov 1876
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Timber.
Notes:
Bound Grand Haven, MI - Chicago, IL, driven ashore & wrecked; crew rescued by U.S. Lifesaving Station.
History
Chronology:

1854, Dec 12 Launched, Kelley's Island.

1855, Jan Received machinery, Sandusky, OH.

1855, Jul 18 Launched, Sandusky.

1855, Oct 11 Enrolled Sandusky, ran Sandusky - Islands.

1862 Daily trips to Islands.

1864, Sep 10 Captured by Confederate partisans at Kelley's Island; grounded Chuck-a-neola Reef, sunk near Pelee Island; raised & repaired, Kelley's Island.

1865, Jul 6 Readmeasured Sandusky, 121.5 x 20.42 x 6.58', 149.66 gross tons.

1866, Aug 10 Owned A. Dickerson, Detroit, MI; chartered to W.O. Ashley; ran along Detroit River & to Islands & Sandusky.

1868, Jul 30 Owned William Dana, Algonac, MI.

1870, Jul Owned Stephen B. Grummond, Detroit.

1872 Owned Robert J. Hackett et al, Detroit.

1873 Ran Detroit - Amherstburg, ONT & excursions to Put-in-Bay.

1874 Owned Detroit River Steamboat Co.

1874, Jul 30 Broken crosshead, Detroit River.

1876, Jun 28 Owned M. Englemann, Milwaukee, WI; reduced to barge 121.5 x 20.42 x 6.75', 121.06 gross tons; engine to J.S. RUBY.

1876, Jul 7 Owned Heber V. Squires et al, Grand Haven, MI.

1876, Nov 3 Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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