SYLVAN STREAM (1863, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 40 x 96", 275hp @ 28rpm engine by Fletcher Harrison. Gunboat boiler. 26' wheels.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Kingston, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: 25 Jun 1903
How:: Burned.
Notes:: Burned to total loss at her layup. 1903, Oct Machinery removed; hulk abandoned Collins Bay.

History

Chronology:

1863, Sep 30 Enrolled New York, NY; ran on Sylvan Line Peck Slip adjacent to Fulton Ferry to Bronx until elevated railways built.

1865 Readmeasured New York 157.16 x 26.5 x 8.33', 349 gross/ 260.68 net tons.

1883 Owned Robert W. DeFoust's Highland Steamboat Co. for excursions.

1885, May Owned Genessee R. & Lake Ontario Steamboat Co.; ran Charlotte to Seabreeze & Irondequoit Bay.

1887, May 26 Readmeasured Rochester, NY 379.74 gross/ 270.54 net tons.

1890, Jun Daily excursions to Thousand Islands with PILGRIM.

1893, may 27 Owned Folgers & Clayton; renamed EMPIRE STATE; 157.2 x 26.6 x 8.4'; ran Kingston, ONT to Alexandria Bay & Cape Vincent, NY.

1898 Owned Henry Folger; ran Kingston to Montreal for Folgers Thousand Island Steamboat Co. with NEW YORK & AMERICA shooting rapids..

1901, May 23 Filled & sank after departing Brockville.

1901, Fall Laid up Kingston CPR dock.