CITY OF CLEVELAND (1857, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CITY OF CLEVELAND
Year of Build:
1857
Official Number:
5400
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
3
Builder Name:
Bidwell & Banta
Original Owner and Location:
Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo, NY
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Low Pressure
# Cylinders:
1
Propulsion Notes:
45" x 144" engine, Buffalo Steam Engine Works; from GARDEN CITY (1853), later into SHEBOYGAN. 35# steam boiler.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
227.75'
Beam:
30.5'
Depth:
11.75'
Tonnage (old style):
788
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Erie, PA, between Madison and Conneaut, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
30 Oct 1868
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Lumber.
Notes:
Broke up in a storm with barge MICHIGAN.
History
Chronology:

1857 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1857 Chartered to Michigan Central Railroad Co.; ran Detroit to Cleveland (7 hours); 160 berths.

1857, Jul Collision with brig COURTLAND off PT. Pelee, Lake Erie.

1858 Ran Lake Superior Line with ILLINOIS & NORTH STAR.

1859, Mar 24 Ran on Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Milwaukee & Grand Haven Line.

1860 Owned L.H. Pratt, Buffalo, NY; ran Grand Haven to Milwaukee.

1860, Sep Owned E.B. Ward, to run Detroit to Buffalo.

1860, Sep 20 Lake Superior Line.

1863 Repaired.

1864 Owned Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co., Detroit, MI.

1864, Nov Wrecked at mouth of Two Hearted River, MI, Lake Superior; dry dock at Cleveland; 50" x 12' low pressure engine in 1865; new paddlewheels.

1865 Readmeasured 913 gross tons.

1867, Apr 5 Dismantled & made a barge, Capacity 600,000' lumber, owned Daniels and McNelly, Detroit MI; engine and boiler to SHEBOYGAN.

1868, Oct 30 Lost Lake Erie.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Burton Collection
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Donald V. Baut
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Lytle List
Peter J. VanderLinden
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
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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