CONEMAUGH (1880, Package Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: One stack. Sister ships LYCOMING (1880)& CONESTOGA (1878).
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: F. W. Wheeler
Master Carpenter:: F. N. Jones
Original Owner and Location:: Erie & Western Transportation Co., Erie, PA.
Ownership Notes:: Anchor Line.

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 26 & 54 x 36", 500hp @ 80rpm engine, H. G. Trout, Buffalo, NY, 1880. 11 1/2' x 11', 100# scotch boiler, M. Riter, Buffalo, NY.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

Ran Fairport, OH - Chicago, IL.

1880, Sep 14 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1880, Nov Sank, Straits of Mackinac, MI.

1881, Jun Broke crank pin, cylinders & bedplates off Lexington, MI; repaired at Pt. Huron; required new engine.

1883, May 26 Collided with schooner MOONLIGHT at Milwaukee, WI.

1883, Sep 26 Rescued East Saginaw crew.

1884, Jun 11 Aground at Cleveland in gale; released.

1891, Oct 21 Collided with & sank by steamer NEW YORK in Detroit River.

1899 251 x 36 x 26.

1906, Nov 21 Wrecked.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden; Donald V. Baut; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit