ALBANY (1846, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALBANY
Year of Build:
1846
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
C. L. Gager
Master Carpenter:
Charles Worth
Original Owner:
C. L. Gager
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Length:
202'
Beam:
29'
Depth:
11' 8"
Tonnage (old style):
669.36
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Presque Isle.
Lake Huron.
Date:
26 Nov 1853
How:
Stranded.
Final Cargo:
Passengers & provisions.
Notes:
Making for shelter of Presque Isle harbor, she was driven over bar by gale. Destroyed by another storm before salvage could begin. Machinery salvaged 1854.
History
Chronology:

1846 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1847 Sold to Michigan Central R. R. Co.

1847 At Mackinac with broken shaft.

1848-52 Enrolled Buffalo, NY; ran Buffalo to Chicago.

1852 Detroit to Mackinac; owned Sheldon McKnight, Detroit.

1853, Nov 25 Stranded.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
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:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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