BUFFALO (1878, Package Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 4
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 2 of 20" & 2 of 40 x 40" double steeple compound cylinders engine, 800hp, 84rpm. 8' x 18', 100# steam, 2 fire box boilers, by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1878, Aug 10 Owned Western Transit Co.(NYCRR), Buffalo.

1880 - 93 Chicago & Buffalo run.

1887, Aug 22 Aground abreast of Port Huron.

1887, Aug 29 Released from Port Huron middleground.

1893, Sep 17 Damaged in gale, Lake Huron; leaking; to Detroit for temporary repairs.

1899 Renamed AUBURN.

1905, Oct 20 Put on Lake Michigan service rest of season.

1906, Oct Aground Grassy Island, Detroit River.

1906, Oct 26 Released, to Amherstburg, ONT for repairs.

1909 - 10 Sold to Cleveland & Chicago Transit Co., Cleveland.

1910, Apr 4 Sold at Marshall's sale along with steamer YONKERS.

1911 or 1912 Made into barge, 1165 gross / 1152 net tons.

1913 Owned Edward Gillen Dock Dredge Construction Co., Racine.

1917, Mar 5 Owned Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

1918, Sep 12 Raised from river at Ashtabula; towed to Marine City.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Peter J. VanderLinden; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Lorne Joyce