BROOKS, J. W. (1851, Propeller)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 8 miles NE False Ducks light.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: 4 Nov 1856
How:: Foundered.
Final Cargo:: Provisions & copper ingots.
Notes:: Foundered & sank in gale; 23 lives lost. 1857 Cargo recovered, wreck recovered by Calvin Co.; rebuilt at Garden Island as a sidewheel tug, WILLIAM (1860).

History

Chronology:

1851, May 6 Vessel launched; traded Ogdensburg & Cape Vincent, NY -Upper Lakes ports.

1851, Jul 25 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1851, Sep 27 Damaged in gale; towed to Buffalo, NY.

1853, Aug 8 Enrolled Detroit; owned William Cole.

1853, Fall Owned Northern Transportation Co., Cleveland, OH; Chamberlain & Crawford; ran Ogdensburg - Lake Erie & Lake Michigan ports.

1854 Machinery broke down on Lake Erie; repaired.

1855, May Ashore near Long Point, Lake Erie; released & repaired Ogdensburg.

1855, Jul 9 Boiler explosion off Ashtabula, Lake Erie; 3 lives lost.

1855, Aug 23 Enrolled Ogdensburg, NY; owned Northern Transportation Co., Geo. Eddy, agent.

1856, Nov 3 Foundered & sank.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Burton Collection; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers; Emerson H. Knack; Lytle List; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley