ERIE (1836, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ERIE
Year of Build:
1836
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Fairbanks Church
Original Owner and Location:
John Ballard et al, Detroit, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
0
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:
1
Propulsion Notes:
Low pressure vertical beam engine, 55hp.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
120' 4"
Beam:
18'
Depth:
7' 2"
Tonnage (old style):
149 35/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Detroit, MI
Detroit River.
Date:
9 Mar 1844
How:
Burned.
History
Chronology:

1836, Sep 5 Enrolled Detroit; used as ferry on Detroit River.

1837, Mar 22 Owned John Y. Petty et al, Detroit.

1838, Apr 26 Owned Pease, Chester & Co. et al, Detroit; chartered by U.S. Government as patrol boat on Detriot River during Canadian Rebellion.

1838, May Broke machinery on Lake Erie.

1840 Owned William T. Pease et al, Detroit.

1842, Nov 29 Sunk in ice off Mt. Clemens, MI; raised & repaired.

1844, Mar 9 Burned, Detroit.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Brendon Baillod
Donald V. Baut
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Lytle List
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
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
(989)356-6188
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