ENTERPRISE (1825, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ENTERPRISE
Year of Build:
1825
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Levi Johnson
Original Owner and Location:
Turhooven Brothers & Levi Johnson, Cleveland, OH.
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
Propulsion Notes:
60-70hp engine, Pittsburg, PA.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
101'
Beam:
25.3'
Depth:
9.7'
Tonnage (old style):
250
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Buffalo, NY. Lake Erie
Date:
1835
How:
Broken up.
Notes:
Stranded; dismantled, condemned after many years service.
History
Chronology:

1825, Jun 17 Launched Cleveland, OH; ran Lake Erie, Buffalo, NY - South Shore ports & Detroit, MI.

1826, Aug 8 Collision with steamer SUPERIOR.

1829, May 26 Owned Charles M. Giddings, et al, Cleveland, OH.

1829 Alterations Cleveland.

1832, Jul 21 Owned Charles M. Giddings, evening line; ran Buffalo -Cleveland.

1833, Jan 16 Owned Simeon Fox, Buffalo; subsequent owner Norman C. Baldwin.

1834, May 28 Damaged slightly in collision with steamer NEW YORK at Dunkirk, NY, Lake Erie.

1835 Stranded; engine into steamer CHICAGO (c1835).

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Lytle List
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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