ARCTIC (1864, Propeller)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Peck & Masters
Master Carpenter:: Elihu M. Peck
Original Owner and Location:: Buffalo & Cleveland Transportation Co., Buffalo, NY
Ownership Notes:: Dean Richmond, President

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Off White Rock, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 15 Sep 1893
How:: Foundered.
Final Cargo:: Coal.
Notes:: Bound from Toledo, OH to Escanaba, MI; began leaking during heavy gale & foundered. 1894, Mar 31 Documents surrendered Marquette, MI.

History

Chronology:

Built for package freight & passengers.

1864, Apr 20 Launched; operated by New York Central Railroad; ran Cleveland & Buffalo to Lake Superior.

1865, May 29 Readmeasured 193.7 x 28.1 x 10.8; 786.58 gross tons.

1866 Ran Buffalo, NY - Cleveland, OH - Green Bay, WI.

1867 Ran Toledo, OH - Buffalo, NY

1868 Ran Buffalo, NY- Cleveland, OH - Chicago, IL.

1869 Ran Buffalo, NY - Lake Superior.

1870, Jun Chartered by Canadian Government to transport troops & supplies from Sault Ste. Marie, ONT to Ft. William, ONT during Red River expedition.

1872, 1879, 1880, 1881 Repaired.

1878-79 Ran in Lake Superior Transit Co. fleet.

1886-87 Rebuilt as steambarge; 596 gross/410 net tons.

1887, Apr 16 Owned George Hall, et al, Ogdensburg, NY.

1888, May 01 Owned Nelson Whipple & Frederick Roberts, Detroit, MI.

1889, Mar 26 Owned C.W. Pardee & H.A. Crane, Buffalo, NY & A.M. Dodge, New York City.

1890, May 01 Ashore Minorville; released; repaired Manitowoc.

1891, Jan 20 Owned Penokee Lumber Co., Buffalo, NY.

1892, Apr 07 Owned C.H. Woodruff, Buffalo, NY et al.

1892, Oct 15 Owned A.F. Underwood & John S. Cowen, Menominee, MI.

1893, Sep 05 Foundered.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database; Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden; Inland Seas, Great Lakes Historical Society; C. Patrick Labadie; Lytle List; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University