ERIE (1836, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ERIE
Year of Build:
1836
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Erie, PA
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
M. Creamer
Original Owner and Location:
General C.M. Reed, Erie, PA.
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
2
Propulsion Notes:
52" x 10' stroke engine, 80hp. Two return flue boilers by Thomas Holloway, Philidelphia, PA. 27' wheels.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
176'
Beam:
27'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (old style):
497
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Gravelly Bay, Buffalo, NY.
Lake Erie.
Date:
30 Jun 1854
How:
Burned.
Final Cargo:
Passengers, farm tools, gold & silver.
Notes:
Raised from Lake Erie; burned & sank Aug 9, 1841 near Silver Creek, NY, with loss of up to 253 lives. Towed to Buffalo & dismantled.
History
Chronology:

1836 Built to run Buffalo, NY - Detroit,MI.

1838, Aug Excursion trip to Lake Michigan.

1838, Sep 22 Stranded between Black Rock, NY & Buffalo; released

Sep 24.

1836, Oct Aground off Milwaukee; released.

1839, May 30 Collision with British steamer MINNISSETUNK in Detroit River.

1839, Jul 1 Sunk Canadian steamer GODRICH in collision on Detroit River.

1839, Sep 10 Collision with steamer DANIEL WEBSTER, mouth of Detroit River; wheel housing damaged, ran aground; repaired, Detroit.

1840, Aug 4 Burst boiler, Detroit River; six killed.

1840, Aug Sank schooner IOWA in collision on Lake Erie.

1841, Aug 9 Burned & sank off Silver Creek, Lake Erie; up to 253 lost, 27 survivors.

1844 Boilers, some machinery & other articles recovered.

1854, Jun 6 Hull raised & towed to Buffalo.

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
Inland Seas, Great Lakes Historical Society
Lytle List
Newspaper Clippings
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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