AMITY (1856, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AMITY
Year of Build:
1856
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chatham, ONT
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Note: Described as sidewheel "pollywog" with wheels near stern.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Allen Coutts
Original Owner and Location:
McCallan & Co., Chatham, ONT
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
0
Propulsion Notes:
16" x 30" stroke.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
106'
Beam:
24'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (gross):
210
Tonnage (net):
176
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Long Point.
Lake Erie.
Date:
9 Oct 1864
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Staves.
Notes:
Bound Windsor, ONT for Welland Canal; stranded & wrecked in storm.
History
Chronology:

Traded to Montreal; described as sidewheel pollywog.

1862, Mar 27 "The propeller AMITY is to be cut down & altered to a sidewheel steamer". Assume incorrect.

1863 Re-engined & new boilers, large repairs; new owner H. Eberts, Chatham, ONT.

1864, Oct 9 Wrecked near Long Point, Lake Erie.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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