FIELD, A. S. (1853, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FIELD, A. S.
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
L. Lavayea
Original Owner and Location:
Keeler & Butterfield, Toledo, OH.
Ownership Notes:
Seymour C. Keeler & George L. Butterfield.
Power
# Propellers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
93'
Beam:
17'
Depth:
7' 8"
Tonnage (old style):
115 22/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Detroit, MI. Detroit River
Date:
6 Jul 1860
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Sunk as result of boiler explosion at dock; 5 of 7 lives lost; raised & abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1853, Mar 26 Launched.

1853, Mar 29 Enrolled Toledo, OH.

1857, Jul 30 Owned Richard G. Evans & Stephen B. Grummond, Detroit, MI.

1858 Member Detroit River Tug Association with 13 other vessels.

1859, Mar 7 Collided with ferry GEM, Detroit River; GEM suffered damage to wheelhouse.

1860, Jul 6 Sunk, Detroit.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Donald V. Baut
C. Patrick Labadie
Lytle List
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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