FLORENCE (1866, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FLORENCE
Also known as:
CHEROKEE
Year of Build:
1866
Official Number:
77691
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Windsor, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
J & S. Jenkins
Original Owner and Location:
J & S. Jenkins, Windsor, ONT.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
Propulsion Notes:
22 x 21" engine, 75hp by Geo. O'Nille. Philadelphia wheel 6'10" by Gill, St. Catharines, ONT; designed by D.G. McAlpine.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
92'
Beam:
20'
Depth:
7'
Tonnage (gross):
132.08
Tonnage (net):
75.19
History
Chronology:

1866, Aug 5 Launched; ran as ferry, Windsor - Detroit, MI.

1867 Registered Windsor.

1867, May 18 Chartered Erie & Ontario Railway Co. & ran Buffalo, NY & Fort Erie, ONT.

1868, Jan 28 Owned John B. Fairgrieve & Lewis Springer, Hamilton, ONT.

1869, Apr Ran Detroit - Kingsville.

1869, May Damaged in collision with propeller GUIDING STAR.

1869, Jun 8 Chartered Grand Trunk R.R. to run Port Edward as ferry.

1871, Mar 4 Burned Amherstburg, ONT; badly damaged, rebuilt Jenkins.

1878, Jan 28 Owned John B. Fairgrieve & Lewis Springer, Hamilton.

1880 Winter Rebuilt Mill Point, ONT; 92 x 20 x 8', 179 gross / 121 net tons; renamed CHEROKEE, Toronto District.

1882 Owned Playfair, et al, Tornoto, ONT.

1890 Sank Midland harbor, ONT.

1892, Aug 26 Raised & later scrapped.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Newspaper Clippings
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Canadian Sessional Papers
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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