AMERICAN EAGLE (1865, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AMERICAN EAGLE
Year of Build:
1865
Official Number:
570
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Robert Scott, J. Carrol
Original Owner and Location:
Thomas Clark, Buffalo, NY
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
57.5'
Beam:
16.6'
Depth:
7.7'
Tonnage (gross):
46.67
Tonnage (net):
23
Final Disposition
Final Location:
1/2 mile from harbor entrance, Cleveland, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
10 Jun 1891
How:
Collision.
Notes:
Collision with tug ALVA B., sank. Raised around Jul 1 cut through by salvagers' chains. Machinery recovered later.
History
Chronology:

1865 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1867 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1969, May 20 Owned Jas. Porter & Mary French, Milwaukee, WI.

1871 Owned James Porter, Manistee, MI.

1873 Owned Starke Brothers (et al), Milwaukee, WI; repaired.

1876 Owned C.H. Cook (et al), Montague, MI.

1879 Owned Dall & Co., Chicago, IL.

1885, Apr Sunk after striking wreck of schooner EXCHANGE Kelley's Island.

1885, Jun 19 Burned off Cleveland, rebuilt.

1891, Jun 10 Sunk.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Lytle List
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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