FOLLETT, FREDERICK (1852, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FOLLETT, FREDERICK
Year of Build:
1852
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
L.S. Wafford
Original Owner and Location:
Theodore D. Barton & Abram Slyke, Buffalo, NY.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
70' 10"
Beam:
15' 3"
Depth:
6' 10"
Tonnage (old style):
67 63/95
History
Chronology:

1852, Oct 28 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1853, Aug Repaired, Chicago, IL.

1853, Jun 7 Owned Albert D. Bishop, Buffalo.

1853, Aug 12 Struck by another vessel at Michigan Central Dock, Chicago; damaged.

1854, Oct 20 Owned E.P. Williams et al, Buffalo.

1855, Apr 28 Owned William H. A. Smith, Chicago, et al.

1856, Apr Ashore Michigan City, IN with 2 lighters; released.

1856, Sep 29 Owned Thompson J. S. Flint, Chicago, et al.

1858, Apr 15 Owned Gordon P. Ozier & Cosham Lord, Chicago.

1859 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
C. Patrick Labadie
Lytle List
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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