WESTERN MILLER (1848, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WESTERN MILLER
Year of Build:
1848
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Toronto, ONT
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Note: Sliding bowsprit; one stack
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Edward Leroy Cull
Original Owner and Location:
Gooderham & Worts, Toronto
Ownership Notes:
James Gooderham Worts & William Gooderham
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
# Propellers:
2
Propulsion Notes:
Twin iron screws
Hull Dimensions
Length:
136'
Beam:
23'
Depth:
11'
Tonnage (old style):
114
History
Chronology:

1847, December Launched Toronto; ran Toronto, Montreal & Quebec

1850, April 30 Registered Montreal, Quebec

1850, May 3 Cleared for Halifax, Nova Scotia

1853, November 26 Disabled, Lake Ontario; repaired Toronto

1854 Owned Holcomb & Company, Kingston

1857, November Damaged in collision with schooner

GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT at Port Colborne

1860 Made a barge

1866, February 12 Registered Montreal

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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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