BUCEPHALUS (1852, Propeller)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Perrysburg, OH
Vessel Type:: Propeller; Note: Passenger & freight.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Master Carpenter:: F. J. Pervis
Original Owner and Location:: Erasmus D. Peck, Perrysburg, OH & Buffalo, NY.
Ownership Notes:: With John Hollister & Squire Alexander.

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: About 3 - 4 miles N. of Point Aux Barques, Saginaw Bay.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 13 Nov 1854
How:: Lost rudder, foundered in gale.
Final Cargo:: Corn, flour, merchandise, 3 passengers.
Notes:: Bound Chicago - Buffalo, 10 lost in capsized lifeboats. Wreckage ashore between Bayfield & Goderich, ONT.

History

Chronology:

1852 - 54 Ran Buffalo, NY - Chicago, IL & intermediate ports.

1852, Jul 20 Owned Lucius H. Pratt, John Hollister & Squier Alexander, Buffalo.

1853, Apr 4 Owned Lucius H. Pratt, Squier Alexander & Robert Hollister, Buffalo.

1853, Apr 8 Owned Lucius H. Pratt & Squier Alexander, Buffalo.

1853, Nov 15 Owned Samuel F. Pratt, Robert Hollister & S. Alexander, Buffalo.

1854, Apr 7 Owned George W. Holt, Rufus C. Palmer & S. Alexander, Buffalo.

1854, Jun 24 Ashore Lake Huron, corn & flour cargo; raised & drydocked for repairs.

1854, Nov 13 Foundered.

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; Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers; Emerson H. Knack; C. Patrick Labadie; Lytle List; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; 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