FAIRPORT (1838, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FAIRPORT
Also known as:
TECUMSEH
Year of Build:
1838
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Fairport, OH
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
G.W. Jones
Master Carpenter:
A.B. Herrick
Original Owner and Location:
Alvah Cable, James Blair, Robert Harper, Fairport, OH.
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Low Pressure
Propulsion Notes:
60hp engine.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
135' 9"
Beam:
22' 4"
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
259
History
Chronology:

1838, Aug 24 Enrolled Buffalo, NY; ran Detroit, Monroe, MI, Toledo, OH & Cleveland, OH.

1838, Oct 12 Owned Edward Norton et al, Buffalo.

1841, Mar 27 Owned Truman Hardy et al, Cleveland; ran Lake Erie, Detroit & Cleveland.

1842, May 27 Owned Robert Gregory et al, Jonesville, MI.

1843 Ran Buffalo, Cleveland & Detroit.

1844, Oct Burned to waters edge, Algonac, MI.

1845 Rebuilt at Algonac, by Zadock Pangborn, Renamed TECUMSEH, owned Arthur Edwards, Truago (Trenton), MI; readmeasured 135.3 x 22.9 x 9.6', 285 66/95 tons.

1849 Ran Buffalo - Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

1850 Ran Buffalo - Cleveland.

1850, Aug 9 Collision with schooner MERIDIAN, both extensively damaged.

1850, Nov 15 Ashore above Buffalo Light, Abandoned.

1850, Nov 28 Wreck with engines & boilers, etc, sold at auction.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Donald V. Baut
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Loudon G. Wilson
Lytle List
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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