CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE (1874, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Trenton, MI
Vessel Type:: Steamer; Note: May have been designed as a revenue cutter. Passenger cabins along full length.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Alvin A. Turner
Original Owner and Location:: Sirrett et al, Toledo, OH

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Low Pressure
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 41 x 120", 325 hp @ 25 rpm condensing beam engine by Fletcher, Hoboken, NJ, 1874 (from REINDEER, 1863). 10'6" x 20', 25# steam firebox boiler by Detroit Locomotive Works, 1863 (from REINDEER, 1863).

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Chicago, IL.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: Jan 1900
How:: Stripped & abandoned.
Notes:: May have been filled as extension of park; documents surrendered June 7, 1900, "dismantled".

History

Chronology:

1873, Dec 18 Launched; engine & boiler placed at Detroit, MI; rest completed at Toledo, OH.

1879 Owned Toledo & Islands Steamship Co.

1879-85 Ran Toledo - Put-in-Bay, OH.

1887, Mar New deck & frames, repaired, machinery overhauled.

1889 Owned Henry Baby, Chicago, IL; ran to Michigan City, IN.

1889, May 4 Owned Capt. Ender & Charles Schultz.

1892 Owned John Prindeville & W. A. Paulson, Chicago.

1892, Apr Operated by Warde Transportation Co.

1892, Jun 10 Stern damaged by steamer SAILOR BOY at Chicago.

1896, May 5 Owned A. B. Fry & sold to D. C. Hanson.