BURNHAM, GEORGE (1880, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: Original engines from FLORA WEBSTER (1872); two high-pressure direct-acting. 8 x 16 at 86 pounds pressure firebox boiler, Robert Davis, Milwaukee, WI (1880).

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1880, Jun 18 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1881 Recieved machinery of propeller CITY OF TOLEDO (1868); low- pressure engine with 32" cylinder, 30" stroke, made single-screw.

1882, Nov Engines compounded by James Sheriffs, Milwaukee; made steeple with 19 & 32" cylinders, 30" stroke, 300hp at 80rpm.

1883, Aug Damaged in storm.

1887, Jun Ashore at Fox Point in fog north of Milwaukee, towing C.N.JOHNSON & WM.JOHNSON.

1888 Collision with ferry SALLIE at Cheboygan, MI.

1889 Scorched by fire at Milwaukee.

1895, May 4 Owned John Burnham et al, Milwaukee.

1903, Apr 20 Enrolled Milwaukee; owned Adolph Green & Frederick Schwerman, Green Bay, WI.

1904, Dec 29 Enrolled Milwaukee; owned Adolph Green.

1907, Feb 21 Owned G. B. Shaw & A. T. Naugle, Chicago, IL.

1912, Mar 20 Owned Naugle Pole & Tie Co., Chicago.

1914, Aug 24 Owned Acme Sand Co., Cleveland, OH; converted to sand sucker.

1921 Dismantled at Toledo, OH.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Lorne Joyce; Peter J. VanderLinden