Year of Build:

1868

Official Number:

90456

Built at:

Manitowoc, WI

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

2

Builder Name:

Green S. Rand

Original Owner and Location:

A.E. Goodrich, Chicago, IL.

Ownership Notes:

Goodrich Transportation Co., Manitowoc, WI (or Chicago, IL).

Number of Masts:

0

Propulsion:

Sidewheel

Engine Type:

Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)

# Boilers:

2

Propulsion Notes:

Machinery from MAY QUEEN (1853) 46" x 132", 450 hp, 18 rpm low pressure vertical beam condensing engine by Fletcher & Co., Hoboken, New Jersey (or by De Craff & Kendrick) 9 x 181, 35 pounds firebox boilers, Cuyahoga Iron Works, Cleveland, OH.

Length:

211.7'

Beam:

52'  (or 29)"

Depth:

13'

Tonnage (gross):

569

Final Location:

North Manitou Island.
Lake Michigan.

Date:

1900

How:

Wrecked, abandoned.

Notes:

1900, November 10 Ashore & wrecked, documents surrendered. Last owned Hamermill Paper Co., Port Huron, MI.

1867, Aug 17 Launched.

1868, Apr 25 Enrolled Milwaukee District, ran Chicago, IL - Milwaukee, WI.

1868 - 1869 To Rand's shipyard "bustled" (given false sides to make more buoyant).

1869, Apr Damaged in collision with schooner JEFFERSON, Chicago, IL, Lake Michigan.

1869, May Broke machinery at Waukegan, Lake Michigan.

1869, Jun Broke machinery, Lake Michigan.

1870 To Rand's shipyard for repairs.

1873 Damaged by fire at Manitowoc, WI; dismantled, machinery to CHICAGO (1874).

1874 Made a barge.

1879, Oct 3 Launched as schooner-rigged barge, 3 masts, 210.5 x 29.3 x 13', 507/478 tons.

1880 Owned McLane et al, Buffalo, NY; towed by CHICAGO with C.B. JONES in Lake Superior lumber trade.

1886 Ashore Round Island, Waiska Bay, off St. Mary's River.

1899 Owned Thompson Transportation & Wrecking Co, Port Huron, MI.

1900 Enrolled Erie District.

1900 Wrecked & abandoned.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie