BRISCOE, JENNIE (1870, Steambarge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BRISCOE, JENNIE
Also known as:
HERALD
Year of Build:
1870
Official Number:
75203
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Steambarge
Note: 1 deck, 1 mast.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Hull Number:
15
Builder Name:
Campbell & Owen
Master Carpenter:
E.G. Merrick
Original Owner:
Francis Tufts et al
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Screw
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
84.6'
Beam:
22'
Depth:
5.3'
Tonnage (gross):
82.59
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Stanley, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:
1883
How:
Stranded.
History
Chronology:

1870, Jun 13 Enrolled Detroit.

1870, Jun 20 Arrived Toledo from Port Huron with 83,000' lumber & 13,000 lath.

1870 Sep 1 Sunk in collision with propeller FREE STATE, Detroit River off Grosse Isle, stone-laden.

1870, Oct 22 Raised.

1871 Apr 19 Sold Canadian, by John McLoren to Richard Hawley, Jr, renamed HERALD, #C61138.

1872 Carries 90 cords, tan bark.

1873, Jul 24 Sunk in collision with steamer DUNKIRK, Lake Huron, 1 life lost.

1873, Jul 31 Raised and repaired, rebuilt, 94 x 22 x 8', 102 gross / 84 net tons. Owned R. W. Elliott, Toronto.

1875, Nov 23 Ashore, Grand Haven, MI.

1876 Apr 15 Sunk in gale, Port Stanley, ONT.

1877-84 Owned Fred P. George, Kingston, ONT.

1891 Dec 15 Owned R.W. Elliot, Toronto.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Sessional Papers
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
Marine Directory, R. L. Polk Co., Detroit
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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