CITY OF DRESDEN (1872, Propeller)

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Identification

Vessel name:: CITY OF DRESDEN
Year of Build:: 1872
Official Number:: 126197

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Walkerville, ONT
Vessel Type:: Propeller; Note: Passenger vessel.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Henry Jenkins
Original Owner and Location:: Weston & Watson, Detroit, MI

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 93'
Beam:: 23.2'
Depth:: 8.8'
Tonnage (gross):: 132
Tonnage (net):: 76

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Near Port Rowan, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:: 18 Nov 1922
How:: Driven ashore in storm.
Final Cargo:: Illegal liquor.
Notes:: Crew rescued by 2 local women.

History

Chronology:

Ran Detroit - Wallaceburg & Dresden; at one time regular service to Amherstburg & Pelee Island.

1872, Apr 20 Launched at Walkerville, ONT, opposite Detroit.

1873 Owned Capt. Weston, Windsor, ONT.

1875 129 gross / 65 net tons.

1877 93 x 21 x 8.9; 193 gross / 123 net tons.

1915 Rebuilt; 195 gross / 124 net tons; 15" & 26" cylinders by 18" stroke fore & aft engine, 200hp at 110rpm by J. Doty Engine Co., Toronto, ONT(1892); 1 firebox boiler 7' x 14' at 127# steam.

1922 Wrecked.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Canadian List of Shipping (M&FLV); Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Canadian Sessional Papers; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; Inland Seas, Great Lakes Historical Society; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings