CITY OF CHATHAM (1872, Propeller)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 24" cylinder by 27", 250hp, Hyslop & Ronald vertical engine.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Off Long Point, south of Prince Edward Bay, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: Nov 1880
How:: Foundered in storm.
Final Cargo:: wheat & flour.
Notes:: Foundered bound for Montreal from Toronto, all hands lost.

History

Chronology:

1871, Nov 3 Launched.

1871, Nov 17 Offered for sale.

1871, Nov 18 Left Chatham for Montreal on maiden trip.

1873, Jun 4 Burned in Burlington Bay, Hamilton, ONT with 700 barrels flour; owned McClellan et al, Chatham.

1874, Nov Rebuilt as ZEALAND, 284 tons, 131.7 x 24 x 13.8' by A.M. Robertson, Hamilton, ONT; owned Capt. Zealand.

1875, Oct 8 Damaged by fire on STANDLEY at Hamilton, ONT.

1877, Jun 30 Readmeasured 651.4 gross tons, 402.69 net tons.

1880, Nov 6 or 7 Foundered.

1880, Nov 25 Registry closed.

1899 Salvagers found hull west of Nicholson Island.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Canadian List of Shipping (M&FLV); Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Loudon G. Wilson

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:

Agency street/mail address:

211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188

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