ALCIOPE (1828, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALCIOPE
Also known as:
UNITED KINGDOM
Year of Build:
1828
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Niagara, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Original Owner and Location:
Robert Hamilton et al., Queenston, ONT
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Horizontal
# Cylinders:
2
Propulsion Notes:
Engine came from FRONTENAC (1816); 2 horizontal high pressure engines, 120 hp.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
140'
Beam:
28'
Tonnage (old style):
450
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Oswego, NY.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
Nov 1835
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Reported wrecked, one source says she was resurrected and rebuilt to schooner BIRMINGHAM.
History
Chronology:

1828 Ran Niagara to York (Toronto) & Prescott, ONT.

1832 Owned Robert Hamilton, Esq. Niagara, ONT., remodelled & modernized renamed UNITED KINGDOM.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
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
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