CHENANGO (1887, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: CHENANGO
Also known as:: MADDEN, LIZZIE
Year of Build:: 1887
Official Number:: 126431

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: John Oades
Master Carpenter:: John Oades
Original Owner and Location:: Cameron D. Waterman & J. W. Waterman, Detroit, MI

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 24" & 46" x 36" stroke engine, 500hp @ 75rpm, Frontier Iron Works, Detroit 1887. 12' x 12' scotch boiler @110 pounds steam, McGregor, Detroit, MI.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 175.6'
Beam:: 33.8'
Depth:: 20.4'
Tonnage (gross):: 938
Tonnage (net):: 761
Capacity:: 50,000 bushels

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Near Point Lookout, Saginaw Bay.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 22 Nov 1907
How:: Burned.
Final Cargo:: Lumber.
Notes:: Hull drifted to Charity Island where it stranded.

History

Chronology:

1887, Jul 2 Launched Detroit, MI.

1887, Jul 23 Enrolled Detroit.

1890, Apr 11 Burned & sank near Erie, PA.

1890, Jun 23 Raised; purchased as salvage by James Davidson, Bay City & rebuilt by him as 1 deck steambarge, 175 x 34 x 14; 690 gross tons; 517 net tons; capacity 750,000 feet lumber.

1891, Apr 22 Enrolled Port Huron, MI; 1 deck, 3 masts.

1891, May 5 Enrolled Port Huron, owned James Davidson, T. F. Madden & S. O. Fisher, Bay City.

1891 Sep 22 enrolled Port Huron; name changed TO LIZZE MADDEN.

1892, Apr. 14 Enrolled Port Huron; owned T. F. Madden, et al, Bay City.

1904, Feb 20 Enrolled Port Huron, owned Elizabeth Madden, et al, Bay City.

1905, Mar 20 Enrolled Port Huron, owned M. J. Lynn, et al, Bay City .

1907, Nov 22 Burned, Saginaw Bay.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Monograph; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Loudon G. Wilson