July Meeting July meeting started with settlements of three estates and the distribution of “stuff”. We had books from Gerald Folk, a ship modeler, who passed in 2007. His daughters are in the process of clearing out the house for sale. We had, primarily books, most with Half-Priced Books price stickers on the cover.

While one man cranks the spinner, the one holding the "top" walks backwards as the They were all gone by the end of the meeting. rope is twisted. From Edwin Tunis, The Young United States, 1783 to 1830 (New The plans from David Guerin were also York: World Publishing Co., 1969), 82. Used by permission of the estate of Edwin Tunis picked up by those who asked for them: Hannah – J. Ropewalk Bowers, New Bedford Whaleboat – M. Dowler, Niagara – D. Markijohn, and Grand Banks Motor The Newsletter for Yacht to A. Phelps. The rest, 43 sets of ships plans Shipwrights of Central Ohio will go the Tubman Plans, “Loyalhanna Dockyard” for July 2019 their inventory. Next Meeting: August 24, 2019 Finally, we had a model of the U.S.S. “Yards, Booms & Gaffs” – Bill Nyberg Missouri, BB 63. She was built as a pond model with power drive in 1965 by the donor’s brother-in-law and Table of Contents grandfather. The model measures at 5 feet long and July Meeting...... 1 many of her fittings and guns were in a box. It to was Business ...... 2 taken and may become a sailing model for Loren’s Ohio State Fair - 2019 ...... 2 grandchildren. 4th Annual Model Shipbuilding Competition ...... 2 Youth Model Building Workshop ...... 2 Featured Artist ...... 2 Ohio State Fair - 2020 ...... 2 Presentation...... 2 Mast Making ...... 2 Ships on Deck: ...... 4 La Jacinthe ...... 4

Armed Virginia Sloop, 1768 ...... 4 . We had 13 in attendance, missing some of Odds and Ends ...... 4 our members who live out-of-town. Nautical Terms ...... 4 Nautical Research Guild ...... 4 Other Notes: “Stuff”, Tugs & Things ...... 5 George W. Stevens ...... 5 Mustang ...... 5 Wooden Steamers ...... 5 Presentation Selection: ...... 21 Events & Dates to Note: ...... 21

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restrictions on placing weight on his foot for up to six Open positions still available: July 26th, 1-5 months. We missed you Alan, get well soon. PM (one position); August 2nd, table monitors - two afternoon slots. Free ticket and parking for the fair. Business

Ohio State Fair - 2019 Ohio State Fair - 2020 At our August meeting we will be discussing 4th Annual Model Shipbuilding Competition what, if any, our involvement in the State Fair in the future should be. If you cannot make that meeting, send me your thoughts and I will share them at the meeting.

Presentation

Mast Making Registration for the 4th annual ship modeling This month’s presentation was on carving competition is closed. Our commitment to the Ohio masts from square wood stock. There are three State Fair has been that we would try a competition steps: for three years and if we could not sustain multiple 1) Determining the mast dimensions, competitors by the end of that time, we would 2) Tapering the mast, discontinue the competition. For 2019, we had 1 3) Forming the mast. wooden model and 2 plastic ship models entered, of The Guidelines for Mast Making are from the Nautical which, one of the plastic entries was a no show. With Research Guild and Seaways Ships in Scale FAQ’s 64 known ship modelers and 12 IPMS clubs in the from 2007. state, the response does not appear to support the Determining the mast dimensions time, effort and prize money that the club expends The mast points for wooden ships are: each year to support the competition.

Youth Model Building Workshop We were ready. We had the kits and a 2- lane, inflatable race track, sanding blocks and scissors at the ready. Workshop was staffed and all we needed is to have kids register. Not sure how From left to right they are: many parents are thinking in the middle of June • Measured length – distanced from the heel to the top of the lower mast about getting their 8-10-year old enrolled in a 2-hour • Heel – Base of mast below the deck – 6/7 of workshop scheduled almost two moths later. Partner dimension We had zero (0) 8-10-year old entries for the • Hounded Length – length from the heel to the Friday, August 2nd, noon to 2 PM workshop. Housing – consists of two dimensions: We had 13 kits donated and I purpose that o Base of the mast to Partner we give them out during our Featured Artist time on o Diameter at the Partner • Partner – Where mast comes through the the Fridays of the fair to kids and parents who are deck 1/1 ratio (greatest diameter) interested in taking a kit. • 1st Quarter – diameter 60/61 of Partner

dimension Featured Artist • 2nd Quarter – diameter 14/15 of Partner We are scheduled for the two Fridays, July dimension 26th & August 2nd as part of the “Featured Artist • 3rd Quarter – diameter 6/7 of Partner Program”. dimension • Hounds – diameter 3/4 of Partner dimension July 25, 2019 2

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• Head – square stock – 5/8 of Partner The second table shows the mast dimension (Check length from top of Head to dimensions, using a scale 1:48, at each position Top of Masthead. To understand how masts are tapered you must do the math. The table below has been Tapering the Mast - All masts are tapered. sourced from Steel’s “Elements of Mast • Tapering: Hounded Length making, Sail making and Rigging” 1932 • Start with square stock, longer then mast length edition. • Mark Heel, Partner, Quarters & Head location on Bowsprit Fore Main Mizzen all four sides. Largest • Mark the width at each section and then connect Diameter 32 gun the dots in inches 677 tons 25 22 24.75 17 • Plane the correct taper on two opposing sides, Factors Factors rotating from side to side. Head 0.63 15.63 13.75 15.47 10.63 • Plane the correct taper on the other two sides Hounds 0.75 18.75 16.50 18.56 12.75 • Taper Heel using same procedure as above 3rd • Form square head Quarter 0.86 21.43 18.86 21.21 14.57 Forming the Mast 2nd • Lightly mark with a pencil or scribe the whole Quarter 0.93 23.33 20.53 23.10 15.87 length what you will cut away • Plane the four corners down to your marks, 1st resulting in an octagonal piece, correctly Quarter 0.98 24.59 21.64 24.34 16.72 tapered all the way. Partner 1.00 25.00 22.00 24.75 17.00 • Plane the eight corners to a 16th sided taper. Heel 0.86 21.43 18.86 21.21 14.57 • Scrape the 16 corners to 32. • Finish by hand with progressively finer sandpaper The factors shown above are the decimal equivalent of the ratios to the partner dimensions. Other Things You Need to Know: Do the math. • Square stock must be straight 1. Convert the partner diameter to • Pick stock that will not warp – Straight grain, no inches. knots etc.: i.e. Sticka Spruce, Maple (Hard), 2. Divide the scale times the converted Lime Wood. diameter • Stock need to be uniform thickness – may require 3. Multiple the converted diameter in a sanding machine. scale time the factors. • Option: glue together layered pieces, placed in Model opposite direction to offset tendency to Masting curl/warp. Scale: 1:48 • Wood Plane (1/4" = 1') 0.25 Bowsprit Fore Main Mizzen o Requires a small, sharp plane. Largest 32 gun o Highland Tools offers a series of “Finger Diameter in 677 Planes” inches tons 0.5208 0.4583 0.5156 0.3542 o I have a 25mm, Luthiers’ Finger Plane by Factors Factors IBEX Head 0.63 0.3255 0.2865 0.3223 0.2214 o Range from 5mm to 90mm all Flat Sole. Hounds 0.75 0.3906 0.3438 0.3867 0.2656 Also available with concave & convex soles • Simple Fixture for tapering 3rd Quarter 0.86 0.4464 0.3929 0.4420 0.3036 o Two pieces of wood, longer than your mast 2nd Quarter 0.93 0.4861 0.4278 0.4813 0.3306 about a 1” wide by ¼” thick. 1st Quarter 0.98 0.5123 0.4508 0.5072 0.3484 o Cut an edge on each at 45-degree angle Partner 1.00 0.5208 0.4583 0.5156 0.3542 o Glue both on to another board so that Heel 0.86 0.4464 0.3929 0.4420 0.3036 chamfered edges meet o Bottom board can be same length or longer.

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o Same, glue a stop on bottom to prevent Landmark: An object ashore that is visible from sea and slippage when planning recognizably distinct that is marked on nautical charts for o Longer, can be clamped to work surface. the purpose of fixing position while at sea. o Cut and glue a square stop at the end you Landsman: A military rank for a naval recruit, used in the are planning towards. United Kingdom in the eighteenth century and first half of the nineteenth century and in the United States in the Ships on Deck: nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century.

La Jacinthe Lanyard: A rope that ties something off. John Kinkel Larboard: Obsolete term for the left side of a ship. Derived from "lay-board" providing access between a ship and a quay, when ships normally docked with the left side to the wharf. Replaced by port side or port, to avoid confusion. Lateen sail or Latin-rig: A fore-and-aft triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle to the mast. Launch 1. A launch was the largest ship's boat carried by a warship. 2. In modern usage, a large motorboat.

3. To dispatch a ship down a slipway, prior to fitting- Armed Virginia Sloop, 1768 out and commissioning. Bill Nyberg Lay: To come and go, used in giving orders to the crew, such as "lay forward" or "lay aloft". To direct the course of vessel. Also, to twist the strands of a rope together. To make it to a mark, buoy, or harbor, such as "We will lay the mark". Laying down: Laying the keel of a ship in a shipyard to begin her construction. Lazaret (also Lazarette or Lazaretto) 1. A small stowage locker at the aft end of a boat. 2. A ship or building used for quarantine of sick patients. I have started building the frames for the 3. An area on some merchant ships where provisions are scratch built, POF, admiralty model of the Armed stored. 4. In modern shipbuilding and on powerboats of all sizes, Virginia Sloop 1768. The wood kit and plans are from the location of the steering gear equipment for the Lauck Street Shipyard, Inwood, West Virginia. vessel.

Odds and Ends Lazy jacks, lazyjacks: A network of cordage rigged to a point on the mast and to a series of points on either side of Nautical Terms the boom that cradles and guides the sail onto the boom Ladder: On board a ship, all "stairs" are called ladders, when the sail is lowered. Glossary of Nautical Terms Wikipedia; except for literal staircases aboard passenger ships. Most "stairs" on a ship are narrow and nearly vertical, hence the name. Nautical Research Guild Laid up: To be placed in reserve or mothballed. The latter The 2019 NRG Conference will be October usage is used in modern times and can refer to a specific 24-26, at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, MA. set of procedures used by the US Navy to preserve ships in Check Model Ship World for additional information. good condition. Laker: Great Lakes slang for a vessel which spends all her time on the five Great Lakes. Land lubber: A person unfamiliar with being on the sea.

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Other Notes: “Stuff”, Tugs & Things the wheelhouse; the galley is in the deckhouse. The engine fiddley (alleyway across deck) is in the main George W. Stevens house, aft. The large hatch, behind the stack below the wheel house, is open to draw cooler air into the engine room. (Original Source: "On the Hawser" by Steven Lang and Peter H. Spectre, 1980)

Wooden Steamers

1838 Washington: J.D. Hulbert, on the Ashtabula River, Northeast Ohio, built a wooden sidewheel steamer for Henry Hubbard et al, Ashtabula, Ohio. Her One of the largest coal-fired steam tugs that measures were 160’ x 29’ x 8’, tonnage 380 (Old worked in the Hampton Roads area of the lower Style) and was equipped with two high pressure Chesapeake Bay. Norfolk and Newport News were engines with total 100 horsepower. The Washington the focus of the east Coast coal trade since a number was built for the passenger, package freight trade of coal-carrying railroads had terminals there. and launched October 14, 1837. Her master was Built in 1919 at Sturgeon bay, WI for the Captain N. W. Brown. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Albany NY, she was On the return from her maiden voyage to 129’ x 28.7’ x 16.7’. She was one of the last coal-fired Buffalo, NY, the steamer Washington caught fire near her boilers which made much progress before being steam tugs built and had an engine rated at 800- discovered. The captain turned towards shore but her horsepower. The Geo. W. Stevens was used to tow steering cords had burned through and all steerage car floats between Norfolk and Newport News. was lost. She drifted, burning, and her passengers, The photo, above, had to be taken late in her somewhere between 80 and 100, attempted to career. Note the VHF antenna mounted on her mast abandoned ship. About 50 lives were saved. and the fire monitors atop her wheelhouse and on the Between 30 and 50 perished either in the flames or after part of her boat deck. drowned off Silver Creek, NY, Lake Erie, June 15, (Original Source: "On the Hawser" by Steven Lang and Peter H. Spectre, 1980) 1838.

Mustang

Great Western: On the bank of the Huron River, G. The Mustang a small push tug homeported in S. Goodsell built for Augustus Walker et al, Huron, New Orleans. Built at Violet, LA for Towboats Inc., Ohio a wooden sidewheel steamer with a length of New Orleans, she had measures of 60.9’ x 23’ x 10.9’ 183’, width of 34.3’ and depth of 12’. Her tonnage with a 1000-horsepower diesel engine. She was used was 781 (Old Style) and was equipped with a high for fleeting barges to and from terminals to line-haul tows. She functioned rather like a switch engine in a pressure, horizontal engine, 30” bore x 120” stroke railroad yard. With the absence of towing bits aft, she built in Pittsburgh, PA. She was built for the was used for pushing only. passenger, package freight trade on the upper lakes, The steps and rails leading up the pushing running between Buffalo, NY and Milwaukee, WI. Her knees simplify access to the barge ahead. Though initial enrollment was issued at Sandusky, OH in small, she has accommodations for her crew below 1838. Her master was Captain Augustus Walker July 25, 2019 5

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(1838 – 43) and she originally ran for the Western Vermilion: On the banks of the Vermilion River, Transportation Co. Benjamin S. Goodsell, Vermilion, OH, built a wooden Bound down from Chicago to Buffalo, the sidewheel steamer for James C. Evans, Buffalo, NY. steamer Great Western caught fire near her boiler At her enrollment at Sandusky, Ohio, the following furnaces, while on Lake St. Clair. The fire, thought characteristics were noted: Measures – 151’ 8” x 25’ extinguished, burst anew and gutted her after she 6” x 10’ 6”, tonnage 385 13/95 (Old Style). Her arrived at Detroit, MI, September 1, 1840, burning her engine was low pressure, horizontal (locomotive) built cabins structures off. Loss was set at $40,000. The at Pittsburgh, PA and she was to be used in the hull and engines were recovered and the Great passenger, package freight. Western was rebuilt at Huron, OH during the winter The steamer Vermilion masters were Captain layup 1839/40. Walker (1838) and Captain Wagstaff (1839). In June 1840, the steamer Great Western November 1838, the steamer Vermilion was struck the schooner Commercial mid-ships, in the driven on-shore, in a storm on Lake Erie, at dark off Conneaut, OH, Lake Erie, sinking her. The Vermilion, OH. Released without damage. schooners lights were obscured. No lives lost. In The following November, bound up, the October of the same year, the steamer Great steamer Vermilion damaged her engine off Manitou Western went aground on St. Clair Flats, Lake St. Island, Lake Michigan. Her larboard wheel and Clair. She was lightered to be released. flanges were lost overboard. Using sails, the vessel In August of 1842, the steamer Great reached St. Joseph, MI and then was towed to Western was struck on the larboard bow by the brig Chicago, IL for repairs. Illinois, 8 miles south of Manitou Island, Lake October 1840, during a late gale on Lake Michigan. No lives lost. Both vessels were repaired. Erie, the steamer Vermilion was driven ashore on the In August of 1843, the steamer Great New York shore. Released. Western and the steamer Columbus (US-1835) Her masters for the next two years were collided off Conneaut, OH, Lake Erie. Repaired. Captain Ludlow (1841) and Captain Brundage During winter layup at Buffalo, NY, January (1842). 12, 1844, in a heavy gale off Lake Erie, with the wind In November 1842, bound down on Lake blowing from the south and the west, the steamer Erie, the steamer Vermilion, put into Huron, OH for Great Western broke her moorings and was driven cargo and passengers. While loading cargo, a can of against the steamer Wisconsin (U-1838) doing turpentine spilled, igniting from the heat of the damage to her stanchions. Repaired. smokestack, the fire quickly spread, burning the During a heavy gale at night, November 29, vessel to the waterline. At least five lives were lost. 1848, the Great Western was driven onto the dock a The burnt hulk was towed to Detroit, MI in December short distance from the Bugbee’s Elevator, Buffalo, 1843. NY, Lake Erie. Her side was resting on the wharf. The hulk was hauled out and rebuilt by April 1849, the ownership of the steamer Fairbanks Church, Detroit, MI with Matthew Gooding, Great Western was changed to Chancy H. Whitaker master carpenter. She was launched May 1, 1845 as & Co., Buffalo, NY. The following year, ownership of the propeller Detroit. She was enrolled at Detroit, MI, the steamer was changed to Captain Kingman. June 19, 1845, with measures: 128’ 6” x 25’ x 9’ 10”; Masters of the sidewheel steamer Great 293 71/95 tons (old style). Her engine was built by Western were Captain Chancy H. Whittaker (1849), Detroit Iron Co., Detroit, MI and her boiler by John Captain H.W. Rossman (1850), Captain Dewitt C. Robison. Ownership of the propeller Detroit was Goldsmith. (1851) and Captain N.H. Bloomfield changed to DeGarmo Jones, Detroit, MI in July 1845 (1852). with her master as Captain Brundage. July 29, 1852, the steamer Great Western November 1847 Ownership of the propeller collided with the schooner J.W. Brown (US-1847) on Detroit was changed to Dwight Johnson, New York, Lake Erie. Schooner was damaged. NY for a price of $20,000. Her master for the seasons The sidewheel steamer Great Western was 1847-49 was Captain F. G. Buntline (1847-49). retired in 1855 when larger, faster steamers took over Ownership of the propeller Detroit was the trade. She was dismantled in Tonawanda, NY the changed to Robert Montgomery et al, Buffalo, NY in same year. July 25, 2019 6

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April 1849. In 1851 to T. U. Bradbury et al, Buffalo, steamer Queen Victoria had measures: 130’ x 19.6’ x NY and in 1853 to Charles Lee et al, Buffalo, NY. 7.3’ with a tonnage of 200 (Old Style). Her engine June 1853, on Lake Erie, the propeller was a side lever (2) with 27.75” bore and 72” stroke. Detroit collided with the steamer Louisiana (US- Her first master was Captain Thomas Dick. 1846). Both vessels damaged. In 1854, the propeller Detroit sprang a leak The Canadian Government chartered the on Lake Erie and damaged her cargo. She put into steamer Queen Victoria as a naval gunboat from Sandusky, OH for repairs. April 21, 1838 through July 22, 1839.She was used to The propeller Detroit owners changed over transport troops to Prescott, Ont. for the "Battle of the the next three years to American Transportation Co., Windmill", November 13, 1838. Her ownership was Buffalo, NY; to Henry V. Corbett et al, Conneaut, NY changed to Hugh Richardson, Toronto, Ont. after in 1856; to Wells D. Wallbridge et al, Buffalo, NY in being released from naval service. Master of the March 1857; to Samuel Burt, to carry Cleveland Iron steamer Queen Victoria was Captain Henry Ore from Marquette, MI to Cleveland in April 1857; Richardson from 1839 to 1843 and she plied between and to James S. Gibbs et al, Buffalo, NY in May Toronto and Niagara, Ont. 1857. In October of that year the propeller Detroit With the death of Captain Hugh Richardson, broke her shaft on Lake Superior. She was towed to the sidewheel steamer Queen Victoria was sold at Marquette for repairs. Property loss $1,800. auction to Reid, Corby & Harrison, Bellville, Ont in In 1862, the propeller Detroit ownership was 1846. Her masters for 1847 were Captain Edward changed to J. T. Whiting & Co, agents, Detroit, MI Harrison and Captain John Berry. and to Patrick E. Kean, Detroit, MI in April 1862. On an excursion, August 1848, the steamer The new owner had the Detroit rebuilt as a Queen Victoria went aground on a reef between barge, and enrolled in 1863 as Detroit, official French Creek and Gananoque, St. Lawrence River. number US35052, with measures: 124 x 23.6 x 9.7’; Released. 217.96 grt. Ownership of the steamer Queen Victoria The barge Detroit went through ownership was changed to R. Jones during the 1850 season. changes in 1866 to R. A. Alger, Detroit, MI; and in In August 1851, the steamer Queen Victoria 1868 to Paul Marlott, Wenona, MI. came in collision with the propeller Delaware (US - In 1870, 32 years after original launch, the 1846) on Lake Erie. Property loss $400. In October of barge Detroit became waterlogged in Straits of that year, the steamer Queen Victoria went on the Mackinac and was abandoned in a storm. Recovered rocks at the head of the Niagara River and became a and repaired. total loss. Property loss $3,000.

Out bound from Buffalo, NY in November Rochester: Jared Lockwood, Richmond City 1874, the barge Detroit, laden with coal and under (Fairport) OH built, on the shore of the Grand River, tow of the steamer New York (US-1834), with four other barges, broke the tow and went to pieces off for J. Goodman a wooden sidewheel steamer, A. Point Albino, Ont, Lake Erie. The final enrollment Jones was the master carpenter. She was enrolled at document for the barge Detroit was surrendered at Cleveland, OH, May 25, 1838 with measures: 158.42’ Port Huron, MI, January 14, 1879 and endorsed x 27.6’ x 7.5’, with tonnage 472 41/95 (Old Style) and “wrecked on Lake Erie, 1874” having a crosshead engine, 190 horsepower, built by

S. Hathaway, Cleveland, OH. She was built for the passenger, package freight trade. In May of 1838, the steamer Rochester broke her wheel on the pier at Grand River (Fairport, OH) on her way down the river. Repaired. In October of that year the steamer Rochester was struck mid-ship Queen Victoria: James Lockhart contracted with by the sidewheel steamer Commodore Perry 20 Niagara Harbour & Dock Co., Niagara River, Ont., to miles above Dunkirk, NY, Lake Erie. The Rochester have master carpenter Richard Gilkisos build a lost her wheelhouse and was towed to Dunkirk for wooden sidewheel steamer for use in the passenger, repairs. Master of the steamer Rochester in 1839 package freight trade. Launched April 3, 1838, the was Captain Eastbrook. In April, the steamer Illinois, July 25, 2019 7

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returning from a pleasure trip to Malden, Ont. collided seven miles above Erie, PA on Lake Erie. Eight lives with the down bound steamer Rochester on the were lost. Her enrollment was surrendered at Buffalo, Detroit River. Repaired. In June, the Rochester and NY, February 2, 1853, and endorsed “wrecked”. the sidewheel steamer Lexington collided off Conneaut, OH, Lake Erie. The Rochester lost her Lexington: Augustus Jones, Black River, OH, built cutwater and bowsprit. for F. N. Jones et al, Cleveland, OH a wooden November 1840, the steamer Rochester lost sidewheel steamer 152’ x 22’ 6” x 11’ 1”, with an steerage when one of her tiller chains become engine of 80 horsepower, direct acting, built by detached while experiencing high winds on Lake Shepard Iron Works and originally installed in the Erie. Wallowing in the troughs, her guards were steamer Uncle Sam (US – 1832). She was enrolled sprung and other injuries sustained. The defect was at Cleveland, OH and built for the passenger, packet repaired and she put into Erie, PA for repairs. freight trade. Her first master, of the steamer Ownership of the steamer Rochester was Lexington, was Captain F. N. Jones from 1838 to 42. changed in April 1841 to Rufus C. Palmer, Buffalo, While steaming 15 miles east of Buffalo, NY NY. In June, the steamer Rochester broke her crank on Lake Ontario, early in September 1838, the on Lake Erie and put into Black River, OH for repairs. steamer Lexington broke her walking beam engine. In November the Rochester sprang a leak on Lake Repaired. Her ownership was changed to R. C. Erie, when about 40 miles west of Buffalo, NY. She Palmer et al, Buffalo, NY in November 1838 put back to port with two feet of water in her hold. In June of 1839 it was reported that the Repaired. steamer Lexington and the steamer Rochester (US – Master of the Rochester for 1842 – 1844 was 1838) collided off Conneaut, OH, Lake Erie. Captain Thomas P. Folger. September 1843, the Repaired. Later that season the ownership of the steamer Rochester and the down bound schooner steamer Lexington was changed to Gilman Appleby, Equator, laden with 1,200 barrels flour and produce, Buffalo, NY. Early in the 1840 season her ownership ran afoul of each other in the vicinity of Conneaut, was again changed to H. N. Yates et al, Charleston, OH, Lake Erie, sinking the schooner. OH. March 1846, while moored in Buffalo Creek, Two years later, April 1842, her ownership Buffalo, NY, the steamer Rochester was damaged in was again changed to F. N. Jones & Co., Buffalo, a freshet, when an ice dam broke three miles up the NY. While leaving the port of Cleveland, in April creek sweeping her along with other vessels out 1842, the steamer Lexington and the Ericson’s towards the lake. propeller Vandalia (US – 1841) collided. Later in the April 1847, her ownership was changed to 1842 season, while leaving the harbor at Buffalo, NY, Jeremiah N. Peabody & Co., Buffalo, NY. In May of the steamer Lexington ran afoul of the jib boom of the that year steamer Rochester, entering Cleveland schooner Detroit (US – 1835). Repaired. Harbor, lost steerage when one of her tiller chains In 1844 ownership of the steamer Lexington become detached, bringing her larboard bow in was changed to Ansel R. Cobb & Co., Buffalo, NY in contact with the east pier. Repaired. April and to Gilman Appleby et al, Buffalo, NY in Her masters were Captain Pheatt (1848) and September. Captain James M. Lundy (1849 – 54). Her masters were Captain G. Appleby for the In September 1848 her ownership was 1845 season and Captain G. Randall for the 1849 changed to George W. Holt, Buffalo, NY. season. November 1851, the steamer Rochester ran Early in the 1845 season, under command of ashore in a fog, about one mile south of the piers at Captain Appleby, the steamer Lexington went ashore Buffalo, NY. Released without damage. on the Marblehead reef while entering Sandusky In March of the following year, the steamer Harbor. Rochester towed the newly built steamer Minnesota The steamer Lexington went through several from Maumee, OH to Cleveland, OH where the latter ownership changes: Henry Randall et al, Buffalo, NY, would receive the machinery from the former. The June 1846; Henry Dwight, NY July 1848; and Rochester was converted into a barque. Thaddeus Patchin & Co., Buffalo, NY November November 7, 1852, the barque Rochester, 1848. bound from Cleveland, OH for Buffalo, NY with a The Lexington was chartered for the 1849 crew of ten, laden with 600 tons coal, went ashore season to freight stone for the lighthouse to be constructed in the Straits of Mackinaw. Late in 1849 July 25, 2019 8

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the steamer Lexington grounded on the bar at the Babcock, Robert Hunter, R.C. Palmer, George W. entrance to Milwaukee Harbor. Released. Holt, G.R. Coats all of NY state; William G. Lambert, Bound up for Green Bay, WI in June 1850, John Slade, and Alfred Slade all of MA; Ralph the steamer Lexington went ashore, in fog, at Port Risigne, James Woolcott, Eber Wilson, J.W. Washington, WI, Lake Michigan. She was declared a Wickham, William Townsend, W. Waddle, J.W. total loss. Searls, and Stephen Clary all of Ohio as investors. In the fall of 1841, during a gale on Lake Chesapeake: Built by David R. Stebbins, Maumee, Michigan, a passenger, A. Jach bound for Illinois OH for Jesse Smith et al, Clinton, OH, the wooden aboard the Chesapeake, was lost overboard. Later steamer Chesapeake was launched May 5, 1838 and that same season the strap which bound the walking- first enrolled at Toledo, OH, July 28, 1838. At beam engine on the Chesapeake broke while the enrollment, her measures were: 170.2’ x 24.5‘ x vessel was on Lake Erie. Repaired at Cleveland, OH. In June 1842, while entering Chicago harbor 10.16’ with tonnage of 412.52 (Old Style). She was during a gale, the steamer Chesapeake, struck the equipped with a Vertical Beam, Low Pressure, 120 pier and had her wheelhouse carried away, injuring horse power, manufactured at St. Mary’s Foundry, her wheel. Repaired. Montreal, P.Q. and had a 28-foot wheel. She was In August of 1843, her investors changed to built for the passenger, package freight trade and Oren Smith, Cleveland, OH managing owner; with was the first on Lake Erie to have a passenger cabin. Ralph Risigne of NY; Daniel A. Phoenix, Frances M. Babcock of New York City; Francis A. Hall of Boston; She ran Detroit, MI to Buffalo, NY connecting with Eber Wilson, Maumee OH; J.W. Wickham of Huron Lake Erie ports. OH; Robert Hunter, George W. Holt, Rufus C. Palmer In early 1838, the ownership of the sidewheel & Filis K. Coates of Buffalo NY; William Townsend of steamer Chesapeake was transferred to: Jesse Sandusky OH; John W. Surles of Huron OH; Jesse Smith, managing owner, Clinton OH; with James Smith of Newark OH; E. G. Merick of Clayton NY; Woolcott, J.P. Waters, J.A. Carter, Robert Hunter, Stephen Clary and David Camp of Cleveland OH; R.C. Palmer, A. Palmer, Peter Palmer, William and Dolpheus Howe of Cleveland OH. Smyth, Stephen Clary, Dolphus Howe, Sheldon In May 1845, ownership of the steamer Pease, and William F. Allen. Chesapeake was changed to D. N. Barney. Her Master of the Chesapeake for the seasons master for that year was Captain L. A. Kelsey. 1839 to 43 was Captain Dolphus Howe with Albert Late in the season of 1846, the propeller Harris as first engineer in 1842. Ontario, laden with wheat, collided with the In March of 1840, the steamer Chesapeake Chesapeake at Cleveland. Repaired. broke a shaft on Lake Erie. Repaired. In August of During winter layup of 1846/47, the 1840, ownership of the steamer Chesapeake was Sandusky & Mansfield Railroad Co. purchased the transferred to: Jesse Smith of Newark OH; with sidewheel steamer Chesapeake for $15,000. Her Daniel A. Phoenix, Frances M. Babcock, George master for the 1847 season was Captain Henry B. Holt, G.R. Coats of NY, William Lambert, John Slade, Warner. Alfred Slade of MA, Ralph Risigne, James Woolcott, Early in June of 1847, while up bound, on Eber Wilson, J.W. Wickham, William Townsend, W. Lake Erie with merchandise and 97 passengers and Waddle, J.W. Searls, Robert Hunter, R.C. Palmer, crew, the steamer Chesapeake collided with down Stephen Clary, Sheldon Pease, and William F. Allen bound schooner John Porter, laden with wheat and as investment partners. corn. The John Porter sank immediately in eight In April of 1841, on a run from Cleveland to fathoms of water and the crew of the Porter were Detroit, the steamer Chesapeake used Ohio coal rescued by the Chesapeake and preceded for instead of wood to generate steam. Captain Howe Conneaut harbor. Two miles off-shore the reported that 18 inches of steam could be raised Chesapeake sank in seven fathoms of water. using coal as easy as 12 inches with wood. Coal Estimated loss of ship and cargo was $20,000. Five reduced expenses by a half and cleared the deck of passengers and three crewmen were lost. stacked wood required to power the vessel. In August of 1841, ownership of the steamer Lawrence: G. W. Jones, Fairport Harbor, OH, built a Chesapeake was transferred to: Jesse Smith of small sidewheel steamer of 300 tons (Old Style). She Newark OH; and Daniel A. Phoenix, Frances M. July 25, 2019 9

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was the first seamer built at Fairport Harbor and was In 1853 her ownership was changed to used in the passenger, package freight trade on the William Dane, Cottrellville, MI, rebuilt and renamed Grand River between Fairport Harbor and inland to Oliver M. Hyde with measures: 111’ 9” x 16’ 2” x 6’ 6”; 112 87/95 tons (Old Style) to be used as a Painesville, OH. She was launched May 19, 1838 towboat on Lake St. Clair. The sternwheel steamer and towed to Cleveland, OH by the steamer United Oliver M. Hyde was abandoned in 1857. States (US-1835). Little is known about the vessel or its final disposition.

Red Jacket: John English, in 1838, built a wooden sternwheel steamer for John H. Lathrop, et al, White Haven, NY. She was enrolled at Buffalo, NY with measures: 110’ x 16’ x 8’, with a tonnage of 148 20/95 (Old Style). She was equipped with a low pressure, 25-horsepower steam engine, built by West Point Foundry, West Point, NY. The engine was Wisconsin: Built by George W. Jones in the harbour initially installed in the sidewheel steamer Victory at Conneaut, OH, for her original investors: (James (US-1834). She was built for the passenger, C. Evans, George F. Power, Samuel F. Gelston, excursion trade on the Niagara River. John R. Evans all from Buffalo, NY; E. Morse & Co., The steamer Red Jacket was originally Detroit, MI; P. M. Irving, Toledo, OH; Tufts & Parks, named Osceola during her build but was registered Cleveland, OH; S. Gould, Conneaut, OH; L. M. after launch as Red Jacket. Her master in 1838 was Hubby, O. M. Tomlinson, Albany, NY,) the wooden Captain Thomas P. Chase. The steamer Red Jacket sidewheel steamer Wisconsin was enrolled at left Buffalo, NY every morning and returned from Buffalo, NY, May 17, 1838, with measures 157’ x 29’ Chippewa, Ont. every afternoon with stops at Schlosser, NY (Niagara Falls, NY) and Grand Island, x 11’ 6” and an , Old Style, tonnage of 490 8/95. She NY. In June of 1838, out bound from the Buffalo, NY was equipped with a low pressure, crosshead engine, harbor, the steamer Red Jacket, collided with the 60” bore x 108" stroke, rated at 385 horse power and steamer Buffalo (US – 1837) and stove in her yawl. built by J. Birbeck, New York, NY in 1825. She was Her master for the 1839 season was Captain built for the passenger, package freight trade with Haskell. Captain George F. Power as her original master. In May 1841, the steamer Red Jacket was In October 1838 her ownership was lawfully condemned for smuggling and subsequently transferred to James C. Evans, George F. Power, sold by the U.S. Marshal to W. Vandercourt, Samuel F. Gelston, John R. Evans all from Buffalo, Tonawanda, NY for $3,000 in December of that year. NY; P. M. Irving, Toledo, OH; Tufts & Parks, S. L. Enrollment for the steamer Red Jacket was Petrie, Cleveland, OH; L. Gould, Conneaut, OH; L. M. changed from Buffalo, NY to Detroit, MI in April 1843. Hubby, O. M. Tomlinson, R.L. Noyes, Albany, NY; E. Her masters on the Detroit River were W. Barnard, New York City. Captain Evans in 1844 and Captain Versal Rice from In May 1839 her investors changed to James 1846 – 48. C. Evans, Robert L. Noyes, Edwin W. Barnard, In November 1846, the steamer Red Jacket Erastus S. Prosser, N.B. Northrop, Trustees of the collided and sank the steamer St. Clair on the Detroit Western Transportation Company, O. M. Tomlinson, River while plying between Detroit, MI and Lake St. Disney Shepard, P. M. Irving form Toledo, OH; Tufts Clair. The Red Jacket, lying lower in the water, struck & Parks from Cleveland, OH; S. Gould from the St. Clair on her larboard side, passed under her Conneaut, OH; Petin & Prosser, Samuel F. Gelston, guards, striking and cutting her hull through to the John B. Berst, John Taylor, Jr. Captain Henry water’s edge. Randall was master of the sidewheel steamer Her ownership was changed in 1847 to Wisconsin for the 1839 to 44 seasons. James Abbott et al, Detroit, MI and ran daily between Detroit, MI and Port Huron with stops at Sarnia, Ont.

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In May 1841, while attempting to land some August 24, 1853, bound down, from Toledo, passengers, the steamer Wisconsin, went aground at OH to Sandusky, OH, the sidewheel steamer Dunkirk, NY, Lake Erie. Released. Wisconsin was struck by the propeller Brunswick In October of 1842, bound up, the steamer (1853) near West Sister Island light, Lake Erie and Wisconsin collided with the down bound schooner sank in 45 feet of water. No lives lost. Henry M. Kinney (1841) on Lake Huron. Repaired. In November of that same year, the Wisconsin, James Allen: In 1838, Calvin Case, built at Chicago, steaming in heavy fog, went aground six miles north IL a wooden sidewheel steamer for Newberry, Dole of Chicago, IL, Lake Michigan. Released. Hull loss et al., Detroit, MI, to be used in the passenger, $3,000. package freight trade, plying between Chicago, IL The steamer Wisconsin was rebuilt in 1843 and St. Joseph, MI on Lake Michigan. Her measures and lengthened 62 feet. Her enrollment measures at enrollment, at Detroit, MI, July 2, 1839, were: 133’ updated to 219 x 30 x 14; 700 grt, 490 net. In April her investor ownership was transferred to Samuel F. x 21’ x 8.58’, tonnage (Old Style) 213, cost $40,000. Gelston from Buffalo, NY; Henry Randall, N. B. She was equipped with two steam engines of 40 HP Northrop, H. Haywood of Rochester, NY; Erastus S. each, cast be William H. Stow & Co., Chicago, IL. Prosser; A. Root; O. M. Tomlinson of Albany, NY; The sidewheel steamer James Allen Stephan Card of New York City; L. Gould from underwent a complete overhaul prior to the 1840 Conneaut, OH. season. Her master of the sidewheel steamer James Early in 1845 her investor ownership was Allen, for the 1840 season was Captain Tyler. updated: Erastus S. Prosser and O. M. Tomlinson of In 1845, the steamer James Allen was Albany, NY; Stephen Card and Henry Randall of abandoned. Final disposition unknown. Buffalo, NY; L. Gould from Conneaut, OH. Her master that year was Captain Stephen Card. In May George W. Dole: Newberry & Dole, and the of 1845 her investor ownership was changed to Michigan Lake Steamboat Co., Detroit, MI, Erastus S. Prosser and O. M. Tomlinson of Albany, contracted with Calvin Case, Chicago, IL, to build a NY; Stephen Card of Buffalo, NY; L. Gould from second wooden sidewheel steamer. She was Conneaut, OH. enrolled at Detroit, MI, August 3, 1839 with May 1846 the investors in the steamer Wisconsin were listed as Erastus S. Prosser, Albany, measures: 125’ x 18’ x 7.5’, tonnage (Old Style) 162 NY; O. M. Tomlinson of New York City; and L. Gould 22/95, equipped with a vertical beam engine, builder from Conneaut, OH. Her master for the 1846 season unknow. She also would be used in the passenger, was Captain A. H. Squires. package freight trade. In September 1847, the steamer Wisconsin On June 13, 1840, while down bound for St. came into collision with the sidewheel steamer Nile Joseph, MI the steamer George W. Dole caught fire (US-1843) near the entrance to the St. Clair River, Lake Huron. Repaired. on Lake Michigan, bound to St. Joseph, MI. The fire The ownership of the sidewheel steamer was contained but the steamer had to return to Wisconsin in 1851 was listed as Edward Whittaker, Chicago for repairs. Buffalo, NY; O. M. Tomlinson of New York City; L. In October 1844, the steamer George W. Gould from Conneaut, OH. Her master was Captain Dole, caught in a freshet, sank in the Creek at Henry Whittaker for the 1851 season and Captain Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie. Whitacre (no first name listed) in 1852. June 1846, the George W. Dole was finally April 1852, her ownership investors changed raised from where she sank in 1844. She had been to Asaph S. Bemis, Trustee for E. St. John Bemis abandoned by her owners in 1845. The steamer was and Thomas J. Titus of Buffalo, NY. Her master was taken to Detroit and rebuilt as a schooner. Captain Thomas J. Titus for the 1852 – 53 seasons. In May 1847, her ownership of the schooner Captain Titus became the sole owner of the steamer George W. Dole was changed to Benjamin S. Wisconsin in October 1852 Goodsell et al, Detroit, MI. At enrollment her In May 1853, the steamer Wisconsin was measures were recorded as: 125.5 x 19.25 x 7.25. slightly damaged in a collision with the schooner April 1850, the schooner George W. Dole Signal (1847) on Lake Erie. Property loss $500. went ashore on the bar at Grand River, MI. Released. July 25, 2019 11

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September 1851, laden with lumber, the Hunter: The Canadian wooden sidewheel steamer schooner George W. Dole, went ashore at Manistee was built at Prescott, Ontario, on the St. Lawrence Mi, Lake Michigan. Released. Property loss $1,000. River, for the Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Company In 1856The schooner George W. Dole sank in 1838. Her measures were: 104’ x 16.58’ x 7.17’, off Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie. Circumstance and date unknown. 118.53 tons (Old Style), and equipped with a low pressure, 28 horsepower engine, built by Maudslay & Fairport: G. W. Jones, at Fairport Harbour, Ohio in Sons, London, England. The engine was originally 1838, built for Alvah Carble, James Blair and Robert installed in the steamer Shannon (1830), then into Harper, Fairport Harbour, OH, a wooden sidewheel Nonsuch (1834) before installed in the Hunter. She steamer of 259 tons (Old Style) with measures of: was built for passenger, package freight trade on the 135’ 9” x 22’ 4” x 9’, powered by a 60-horsepower, low pressure engine. Her first enrollment was issued Rideau Canal. Her master was Captain Moorehouse at Buffalo, NY, August 24, 1838. She was built for the in 1838. passenger, package freight trade and ran Detroit, MI In 1843, the Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding – Munroe, MI – Toledo, OH and Cleveland, OH. Co., in default, sold all their holdings, including the Master of the sidewheel steamer Fairport for the steamer Hunter, at public auction. Her new owner sailing season 1838-39 was Captain Gregory. was MacPherson & Crane, Montreal, Quebec in Her ownership was changed to Edward 1844. Norton et al, Buffalo, NY, October 1838; to Truman Her master for the 1845 season was Captain Hardy et al, Cleveland, OH March 1841; and to Joseph Pearson. The sidewheel steamer Hunter ran Robert Gregory et al, Jonesville, MI in May 1842. as a ferry between Kingston, Ont. and Wolf Island, Captain Arthur Edwards is listed as master, Lake Ontario. and part owner of the steamer Fairport in 1844. In 1847, the steamer Hunter was rebuilt and In October 1844, while lying at her dock, renamed Perth. She operated as a towboat between three miles below Point Au Chien in the St. Clair Kingston and Bytown, Ont. on the Rideau Canal. Her River, the sidewheel steamer Fairport caught fire in masters were Captain Fenwick (1847) and Captain the cooking area and burned to the water’s edge with Chadwick (1847). the hull sinking. She had been engaged in towing In 1853, ownership of the steamer Perth was vessels across the St. Clair Flats. changed to Peter Robertson, John Jones & Thomas Raised in 1845 and rebuilt by Zadock Co., Quebec, P.Q. Pangborn at Algonac, MI for her owner Captain In March 1858 her ownership was changed Arthur Edwards, Truago (Trenton), MI, she was to Thomas Donohue, Ottawa, Ont. renamed Tecumseh and enrolled with measure: In June 1859 her ownership was changed to 135.3 x 22.9 x 9.6; 285 66/95 tonnage (Old Style). Hugh Torney, Ottawa, Ont. They renamed the The sidewheel steamer Tecumseh resumed her role towboat Perth to Hercules. In August of that year, her of towing sailing vessels across the St. Clair Flats. ownership was changed to Edward Griffin, Ottawa, Her master in 1849 was Captain John Martin Ont. and in September of that year, the steamer Masters of the sidewheel towboat Hercules Tecumseh struck rocks in the St. Mary’s River, Sault were Captain John Anderson (1861), Captain Miller Ste Marie. She was hauled out and repaired. Loss (1861) and Captain E. Thompson (1861-64) with E. $1,800. Ownership of the steamer Tecumseh was Thompson (1860) and John Eastway (1860-61) as changed, November 1849, to G. B. Walbridge, chief engineers. Buffalo, NY and she ran between Buffalo, NY and The towboat Hercules, bound from Cleveland, OH. Her master was Captain Huff. Gananoque, Ont. for Toronto, with 275,000 feet of In August 1850, the steamer Tecumseh lumber in several large rafts of timber, was caught in collided with the schooner Meridian (U16408) near a northeast storm on Lake Ontario. The tow ropes Erie, PA, Lake Erie. Both vessels were damaged. In broke and she lost approximately 200,000 feet of November the Tecumseh went ashore and was lumber on the lake. No lives were lost. abandoned near Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie. The The sidewheel towboat Hercules was retired abandoned wreck was sold at auction for her engine in 1864. and boiler. Final disposition unknown.

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1839 stroke, 50 horsepower each. She ran, carrying the Express: On the southern shore of eastern Lake daily mail, between Montreal and Quebec. Ontario, at Pultneyville, NY, Horatio N. Throop built May 28, 1843, in heavy fog on Lake St. for the Wayne Co. Pultneyville, NY in 1839 a small Peter, below Montreal, P.Q., the steamers Lord Sydenham and Queen collided with such force that wooden sidewheel steamer with the measures: both vessels sank. Several lives lost. Both vessels 103.5’ x 16.4 ‘ x 8.2’ and tonnage of 139 34/95 (Old were raised and rebuilt. Style). Built for the passenger, package freight trade The steamer Lord Sydenham returned to her regular between Rochester, NY and Ogdensburg, NY on the route on June 17, 1843. St. Lawrence River. She was enrolled at Pultneyville, October 1846, the Royal Mail steamer Lord NY in 1841. Her master for that year was Captain H. Sydenham, while bound up on her route between N. Throop. Quebec and Kingston, arrived in a disabled condition. While doing repairs to the lower part of the stack, the In May 1843 ownership of the steamer larboard engine, which had been stopped, had a Express was changed to Elijah B. Allen, et al, safety value let off steam that had generated in the Ogdensburg, NY. boiler for that engine, exploding, scalding 10 of the In 1845, ownership of the Express was crew. One life was lost. changed to George N. Seymour, et al, Ogdensburg, Ownership of the steamer Lord Sydenham NY. was changed in 1847, to John Molson, John The sidewheel steamer Express was Torrance and David Torrance, Montreal, Quebec; her abandoned in 1848 and scrapped in 1850. measures were recorded as: 235.3 x 23.0, 324,1-unit Ontario: In 1839, Lonson Hilliard, Prescott, Ont. built tons. Masters of the steamer Lord Sydenham were Captain George Holman (1847) and Captain Jesse for the Hon. John Hamilton. Montreal, Que. a wooden Armstrong (1850). sidewheel steamer for use on Lake Ontario and the Ownership of the steamer Lord Sydenham St. Lawrence River. Enrolled at Montreal, February was changed to John Wilson, Sr., Montreal in 1855. 23, 1841, she had measures: 196.6’ x 24.5’ x 9.4’ She was rebuilt and her measures recorded as: 215 x with tonnage of 324.78-unit tons. Her engine was a 33 x 10', 1,005 tons (Old Style). She was renamed vertical beam, low pressure (2), 120" stroke, 75 Montreal, and assigned official number C32910. horsepower, built by Niagara Dock Co., Niagara, Ont. (1855) Her master in 1857 was Captain Rudolph. She was built to overcome the rapids on the St. June of that year bound up from Quebec for Lawrence River and extend commerce from Lake Montreal, the steamer Montreal, with 258 Scotch Ontario to Near Montreal. Master of the steamer emigrants plus other passengers aboard, caught fire Ontario from 1839-40 was Captain Hilliard. around her boiler off Cape Rouqe, Quebec, St. April 1840. on passage down from Toronto, Lawrence River. Before being beach, many of the the steamer Ontario, when opposite Whitby, Ont., passengers jumped overboard and drowned. The Lake Ontario, had one of her shafts break, losing the steamer was a total loss. 264 lives were lost. attached wheel, a derangement of the machinery of In 1863, her enrollment was surrendered with one engine. She put back to Niagara for repairs and final disposition listed as “broken up”. replacement of the engine. Damage estimate $4,000. July of the same year, bound up between Dickinson's General Scott: In 1839, Fairbanks Church, Huron, Landing (Ingleside, Ont.) and Prescott, Ont. on the OH built a wooden sidewheel steamer for Grillet & St. Lawrence River, she broke one of her cast-iron Desnoyers et al, Detroit, MI for the passenger, shafts and had her machinery damaged. The shaft package freight trade between Buffalo, NY and was replaced by one of wrought iron. Detroit, MI. She was enrolled at Detroit, MI with the August 1840, ownership of the steamer following measures 131.0’ x 20.0’ x 8.0’ with tonnage Ontario was changed to Mr. Tait, Montreal, P.Q. (Old Style) 200 40/95. She was equipped with a high- October 1840, the enrollment shows that the steamer pressure engine 26” bore x 72” stroke. Her master in Ontario was renamed Lord Sydenham: and her 1840 was Captain Ira Davis measures recorded as 206' x 26', diameter of wheels April 25, 1840, the steamer General Scott - 26', engine: low pressure (2), 38" bore x 120" struck a rock 15 miles above Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie; July 25, 2019 13

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her captain ran the boat onto the beach to prevent Gildersleeve: Harry Gildersleeve contracted with the sinking. She was released and repaired. Kingston Marine Railway Yard to build a wooden The steamer General Scott ran between sidewheel steamer of 140’ length. Master carpenter Detroit, MI and Cleveland, OH in 1841; and between was a Mr. Shea. Her engine was a vertical beam, 60- Monroe MI and Buffalo, NY in 1842. November 1842, the steamer General Scott horsepower, built by Ward & Brush, Montreal, Que. became frozen in ice off Monroe, MI, Lake Erie. She She was built for mail services on the Upper St. ran out of steam trying to break out of the ice. Her Lawrence River and/or Bay of Quinte. Her master passengers and crew cut a line in the ice, and her was Captain William Bowen (1840 -45) with Mr. Irwin upper works and furniture were broken up for fuel to (1840) as engineer. She was chartered by the raise steam and make port. Honorable John Hamilton and placed on the Toronto The sidewheel steamer General Scott ran to Hamilton route. In October 1840, while lying at between Green Bay, WI and Mackinac, MI in 1843; Between Detroit, MI and Buffalo, NY and Mackinac to Brown’s wharf, Toronto, Ont., her boiler exploded, Sault Ste Marie in 1844. scalding two men on the boat. April 1845, during a severe storm on Lake The Royal Mail Line of steamers between Erie the brig St. Louis (U-1844) and the sidewheel Kingston, descending the Rapids of the Long Sault steamer General Scott took refuge at Conneaut, OH. by way of the Cornwall canal, and Coteau du Lac, The General Scott sustained damage to her wheel consisted of the sidewheel steamers Canada (C- house when the St. Louis dropped her anchor upon 1832), Highlander (C-1840) and the Gildersleeve it. During the 1845 season, the steamer General (1844). Scott ran Green Bay, WI to Mackinac, MI. in 1845. Before the 1845 season, the steamer June 1846 bound from the Soo, the steamer Gildersleeve was lengthened 25 feet and rebuilt by General Scott burst her boiler as she approached Fowler & Hood at the Kingston Marine Railway, Mackinac, MI, scalding three of her firemen of which Kingston, Ont. Her measure recorded were 170.0’; all three died. In September of that year, her 255-unit tons. ownership was changed to the Mansfield & Sandusky The sidewheel steamer Gildersleeve master Railroad Co. and she ran Detroit to Sandusky. for 1846 was Captain Ponton. May of that year, the July 1847, the steamer General Scot and the steamer Gildersleeve collided with the Canada at steamer Bunker Hill (U-1837) collided while leaving Point Mouille, Lake St. Francis, St. Lawrence River the port of Sandusky, OH. The wheel house on the and damaged both boats. The Gildersleeve also had General Scot was damaged and the passengers new cabins and a new promenade deck added in much frightened. In August of the same year, the 1846. steamer General Scott was damaged when the Masters of the steamer Gildersleeve were schooner Baltimore (U-1836) ran into her at Put-In- Captain Maxwell (1847), Captain Parker (1849), Bay, OH, Lake Erie. Captain Gilpin (1850), Captain McGill Chambers October 1848, the steamer General Scott (1851 - 52) and Captain M. McNamara (1855). sank in Lake St. Clair after being holed by the In 1851, the steamer Gildersleeve had her schooner Star (U-1848). The General Scott was a whole main deck closed in and covered. total loss, but the Star was recovered and rebuilt. In 1853, her ownership was changed to T. Final enrollment surrendered. Maxwell & Co. She was used as a towboat after 1854. April 1855, the steamer Gildersleeve was placed up for auction. Her ownership was changed to Calvin & Breck. Thirteen years later, 1868, the Gildersleeve was scuttled and abandoned on the southwest side of Garden Island, Ont., Lake Ontario. The hulk of the steamer Gildersleeve was raised in 1870 and her engine and boiler were removed and deposited at the Kingston Marine Railway.

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Her master for the 1858 season was Captain John Dean Sullivan. In July of that year the steamer tug Goderich damaged her machinery in the Detroit River. Property loss $700. July 1859, the brig S. C. Walbridge (US- 1844) collided with the steamer tug Goderich, on the St. Clair River, carrying away her stern. The brig sustained no damage. The steamer tug Goderich was sold at Gore: Niagara Harbour & Dock Co., Niagara-on-the- auction to Captain John Pridgeon and J. B. Parker in Lake, Ontario, in 1839 built for James Lockhart & September 1859. Her master for the 1860 season Donald Bethune a wooden sidewheel steamer for the was Captain Nelligan with Henry Odette as chief passenger, package freight trade to run on Lake engineer. In May 1860 the steamer tug Goderich broke her machinery on the St. Clair River. Repaired. Ontario, between Toronto and Hamilton, Ont. She In March 1861, her owners had the steamer was 125.0’ x 16.0’ x 9.0’ and had a gross tonnage of tug Goderich dismantled and her low-pressure 160.0. Her engine was a vertical beam, low pressure, engine placed in the steamer John P. Ward her builder is unknown. Her masters were Captain (US12791) for use as a boom tug on the Saginaw Thomas Dick (1839-40, 44) and Captain Robert Kerr River. (1841-42). In July 1840, on Lake Ontario, she broke her shaft. Repaired. In 1842 she ran between Rochester, NY, Kingston, Ont. and Montreal, Que. October 1844, during a storm on Lake Ontario, the steamer Gore collided with the steamer Transit at Toronto. Repaired. For the 1845 season, the steamer Gore was intended to run Detroit, MI and Lake Huron calling at various ports along the Canadian shore. To do that, St. Lawrence: George S. Weeks, Oswego, NY in she had to pass through the Welland Canal into Lake 1839, built for the Ontario & Saint Lawrence Erie. Her bow and stern were amputated and reassembled at Dunnville, Ont. after the transit. She Steamboat Company; H. Fitzhugh, G. Smith, et al was renamed Goderich. investors, a sidewheel steamer 180’ x 23’ x 11’ and a Captain Laing was her master for 1845, with tonnage (Old Style) of 401 58/95. Her enrollment at Captain Fraser for 1847 and 1849 and Captain Oswego, NY in 1839 indicates a low-pressure, Samuel Peck for the 1848 season. horizontal (locomotive) engine (2), 80 horsepower, November 1848, the steamer Goderich was built by William Avery, Syracuse, NY that had been caught by a freeze-up at Christian Island, Georgian originally installed in the sidewheel steamer Oswego Bay with an army detachment aboard for the Indian troubles at Bruce Mines, Ont. During the freeze, four (US-1833). She was built for passenger, package lives were lost due to the cold. freight trade, running Ogdensburg, NY (St. Lawrence In 1852, her owners retired the steamer River) & Lewiston, NY (Niagara River) calling at Goderich. Sometime between 1852 and 1857 the Sackets Harbor, NY & Rochester, NY (Lake Ontario). sidewheel steamer Goderich was converted to a tug. Her masters were Captain J. Evans (1838) and In June 1857, she went to the assistance of the Captain James Van Cleve (1838-47). schooner Joseph Grant aground on Point Pelee, In the 1843 season, the regular packets Lake Erie. In October, the steamer tug Goderich through Lake Ontario were sidewheel steamers Lady broke her walking beam and cylinder on St. Clair of the Lake (US-1842), Rochester (US-1842) & St. Flats. Loss $1,100. In November of that same year Lawrence (US-1839). steamer tug Goderich collided with and sank the Enrollment records from September 1843 schooner Cadet while she was lying at anchor off show that her ownership was transferred to D. W. C. Newport, MI in the Detroit River. July 25, 2019 15

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Littlejohn, H. Fitzhugh et al; and her measures: 184’ Master of the steamer Chautauque was 9” x 20’ 5” x 10’ 10”; 401 58/95. Captain Miller (1844). Later that year, the steamer April 1844 her enrollment indicates that she Chautauque, struck by a gale on Lake Erie, went was rebuilt and enlarged; 184’ 9” x 22’ 3” x 10’ 10”; ashore, on her beams end, near Black Rock Harbor, 433 76/95 tons (Old Style). NY, Niagara River. During an attempt to release the In June 1845, down bound, the steamer St. steamer Chautauque from where she went ashore in Lawrence was struck by the up bound schooner John the fall of 1844, S. G. Williams, first engineer, was E. Hunt (US-1836) below Genesee, New York on drowned in April 1845. Lake Ontario. The St. Lawrence lost one wheel, but March 1846, the steamer Chautauque was took the John E. Hunt, who lost her bowsprit and cut badly damaged by the steamer Wisconsin (US-1838) water, in tow to Oswego, NY for repairs. That month, when an ice dam, in the creek at Buffalo, broke and her ownership was transferred to Elijah B. Allen et al, she was caught in a freshet that broke her moorings, Ogdensburg, NY. carrying her out into the harbor. Later in 1846, the Ownership of the steamer St. Lawrence was steamer Chautauque was rebuilt and placed on the changed to Hooker, Pridham & Company, Kingston, Detroit, MI run. Ont. in 1854. Records indicate the steamer St. Her master, in 1847, was Captain Dustin. In Lawrence was scrapped at Clayton, NY, on the St. September, the Chautauque, after taking on Lawrence River. passengers and freight at Monroe, MI, found the ship canal blocked by a schooner. When the captain of Chautauque: J. W. Banta, Buffalo, NY, in 1839, built the schooner would not move, the sidewheel steamer a wooden sidewheel steamer with measures:123,7’ x struck the schooner forcing her to clear the canal and 18.2’ x 7.5’ and 161.6 tons (Old Style), engine the steamer Chautauque continued her way. unknown. Her owners were Simon Fox, Buffalo, NY; For the 1849 season, her master was J. W. Banta, Buffalo, NY; et al. She was built for the Captain Rosman (1849) and she ran in the Buffalo, Toledo and Monroe Line. passenger, package freight trade between Buffalo, January 1850, the steamer Chautauque Barcelona, Silver Creek & Dunkirk, NY along the while lying near Barclay’s Foundry, Detroit, MI, had a eastern shore of Lake Erie. She was launched April hole stove in her side by floating ice, sinking in ten 17, 1839. feet of water. She was raised. She was employed for In October 1840, during a gale on Lake Erie, the 1850 season in towing and lighterage of vessels the steamer Chautauque received damage to her attempting to cross the St. Clair Flats. wheel, guards and had her false sides carried away, August 1850, the steamer Chautauque near Dunkirk, NY. caught fire and burned to a total loss on the St. Clair July 1842, the steamer Chautauque River. No lives loss. sustained considerable damage to her machinery and required a refit. In October, the Chautauque Lady Colbourne: George Tate, Montreal, Que, collided and sank the Conneaut bound schooner Lodi commissioned Shea & Merritt, Montreal, Que. to build (US-1834) in the vicinity of Sturgeon Point, Angola on a wooden sidewheel steamer; 172.9’ x 20.3’ x 9.8’ at the Lake, NY, Lake Erie. 216.9-unit tons for the passenger, package freight While off Van Buren, NY, Lake Erie in trade and ran between Montreal and Quebec, Que. November 1843, the steamer Chautauque was struck on the St. Lawrence River. Her first enrollment was and damaged by the schooner J. D. Beaupre (US- issued at Montreal, Que. April 18, 1840 and indicated 1836), carrying away the wheelhouse, engineer’s room, wheelsman’s room and a storeroom, without her engine as a vertical beam, with a 10” bore x 120” injury to any of the occupants. On her way to Buffalo, stroke, built by Molson’s Foundry, Montreal, Que. NY for repairs, she was further damaged by a storm In February 1841, ownership of the that struck with enough force so that she was in sidewheel steamer Lady Colbourne was transferred danger of sinking. to George & William Tait, David Gilmoure and Louis During the winter of 1843-44, the M. Viger. Chautauque was extended 30 feet and rebuilt. Her Masters of the Lady Colbourne was Captain measures were updated to: 153.5’ x 18.17’ x 7.5’; George Tate (1840, 42 - 45, 47- 49), Captain William 204.52 Tons (Old Style). Haycock (1841) and Captain Reading (1846). July 25, 2019 16

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Bound Montreal to Quebec, Que., October 15, 1840. She was built for the passenger, package 1841, the steamers Lady Colbourne, and Lord freight trade and her master for the 1840-43 season Sydenham (C32910) came together near Port St. was Captain Eber Ward. She ran Detroit & Saint Clair Francis, Que., Lake Saint Lawrence with such force River rout between Pennsylvania & Lake Huron that the captain of the Lady Colbourne ran his vessel ports. ashore in about eight feet of water where she sank. Ownership of the steamer Huron was Raised and repaired. changed to Eber Ward & John Gallagher, Detroit In 1848 the sidewheel steamer Lady District, July 1847. Colbourne was rebuilt and re-registered at Montreal, The steamer Huron was dismantled at Que. with the following measures: 172.90 x 20.30 x Marine City, MI in 1849. 9.80; 170.94-unit tons. Ownership was transferred to Charles Tate, July 1848. 1840 June 1850, the steamer Lady Colbourne was renamed Crescent and re-registered with number C33445, at Montreal, Que. with the following measures: 172.30 x 22.50 x 7.70; 72.23-unit tons. Her masters were Captain George Tate (1850 - 52, 1854) and Captain R. Patterson (1853). The steamer Crescent operated in the passenger, package freight trade in the upper St.

Lawrence River and the Bay of Quinte after 1852. Niagara: Launched in January 1840 for the In 1855, her engine was replaced with a new Honorable John Hamilton, from the Niagara Harbour engine, same dimensions, builder unknown. & Dock Co., Niagara, Ont. was a new wooden In April 1856, ownership of the steamer sidewheel steamer, built as a Lake Ontario mail Crescent was changed to Hayden C. Wilson, steamer for the passenger, package freight trade and Montreal, Que. In August 1856 her ownership was would run between Kingston and Montreal. Her changed to George W. Smith, Montreal, Que. In June measures were 158’ x 23.5’ x 11’ with tonnage (Old 1857, to Thomas S. Judah, Montreal, Que. and two style) of 314. Her engine was a Vertical Beam, built days later to by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co., Niagara, Ont.; and Louis Perrault, Montreal, Que. equipped with 28' wheel. Her masters were Captain Ownership of the steamer Crescent was Sutherland (1840 - 41) and Captain Elmsley (1842). changed to J. Glassford, Montreal, Que. Her The steamer Niagara ran in the Royal Mail enrollment was closed and endorsed “abandoned”, Line in 1841 between Toronto and Kingston. In both in 1858. The hull was listed for sale in 1859 at October 1841, downward bound from Toronto for Montreal, Que. with the notation "could be a barge or Kingston, the steamer Niagara ran aground at Port pontoon. Hope, Ont., Lake Ontario, during a westerly gale. Final disposition unknown. Released. October 27 of that year the Niagara, taking

shelter at Port Hope during a gale, got entangled with a pier and was sunk to prevent further injury to the ship. Raised. In June of 1842 while downward bound from Toronto for Kingston in dense fog, the steamer Niagara went on a rock near the Light House, at the Nine Mile Point. No injury incurred. Her ownership was changed in 1843 to D. L. Bethune et al. and was renamed Sovereign. Her Huron: In 1839, John Gallagher, Newport (Marine masters were Captain Elmsley (1843), Captain City), MI built for Samuel Ward et al, Newport (Marine Sutherland (1845), Captain H. Twohy (1849) and City), MI. A small wooden sidewheel steamer, 117’ 6” Captain N. Wilkinson (1850). length, 15’ 8” breadth and 8’ 3” depth of 147 4/95 April 1844, while going down the St. tons (Old Style). Her engine was built by Detroit Iron Lawrence to take on wood, the Sovereign sprang a Company and she was enrolled at Detroit, MI April leak and the captain had to run her ashore to prevent July 25, 2019 17

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foundering. She was towed back to Kingston and In October 1854, the steamer Beaver went hauled out on the Kingston Railway, where it was aground near Newboro, Ont., Rideau River and found that the hull had been penetrated by a sharp Canal. Released. rock about midships forming a hole three-foot-long Her master in 1855 was Captain McLaughlin. and a foot wide. Repaired. Her ownership was changed to S. Macpherson, April 1846, the steamer Sovereign struck and Ottawa, Ont. in 1857 and in 1864, ownership was disabled the sidewheel steamer Transit while passing changed to Glassfield, Jones & Co., Montreal, P.Q. out of the Toronto Harbor. The Sovereign went on a The steamer Beaver was destroyed by fire at Ottawa, sand bar breaking her rudder while backing off. Ont. in April 1868. May 1849, the steamer Sovereign was struck by the schooner Christiana off Port Sarnia on Lake Highlander: In 1840, Macpherson & Crane, Ontario. Damage repaired. Montreal, P.Q. commissioned a shipwright name In 1851 the steamer Sovereign was retired. Hale located at Coteau du Lac, Quebec to build a Ownership was changed to Duncan Milloy, Toronto, wooden sidewheel steamer with measures of: 180’ x Ont. in 1852 and she was dismantled at Toronto, Ont. 23.5’ of 300 tons (Old Style) to be used as an upper in 1856 with her final remains scrapped at Toronto, St. Lawrence mail steamer and run between Ont. in 1859. Kingston, Ont. and Montreal, P.Q. Her engine was a Vertical Beam (2), 132” stroke, built by Ward & Beaver: The Kingston Marine Railway, Kingston, Brush, Montreal, Quebec. Her masters were Ont. designed and built a sidewheel steamer for a Captain James Walker (1840-41) and at his death, unique role. The Beaver was built for the passenger, Captain E. H. Stearns (1841-49). In October 1841, the steamer Highlander package freight trade and used on the Montreal – made a trial trip up the Long Sault Rapids on the St. Ottawa – Kingston triangle (Her route would be on Lawrence River, reaching with ease the foot of the the St. Lawrence River – Ottawa River – Rideau “Big Chute”, then turned around and went down the River and Canal and back to Lake Ontario.) She had “Gut” and made a tour of the island in the front of recessed paddles and the hull was contracted in the Cornwall, Ont. middle to admit the paddles. Her cabins went from In 1842, the ownership of the steamer Highlander was changed to Sir John Hamilton, beam to beam. She measured: 104’ x 16.7’ x 7.2’ Kingston, Ont. The Highlander is credited as the first with unit tonnage at 118.53. Her design was vessel through the Cornwall Canal in November impacted by the width of the Rideau Canal which was 1842. On the St. Lawrence River at Cornwall, Ont. 26 feet. Her original owner was Ottawa & Rideau November 1843, the steamer Highlander Forwarding Co. Her master in 1841 was Captain stranded at Lancaster, Ont., Lake St. Laurent, St. Hunter. Lawrence River. Released. (11/1843) In 1844 her ownership was changed to During her 1845/46 winter lay up in the St. Macpherson & Crane, Montreal, P.Q. and her master Lawrence canal, the steamer Highlander was rebuilt. that year was Captain J. Patterson. September 17, May 1846, the Highlander made the run to Lachine, 1844, the steamer Beaver struck a sunken log, Quebec through the Coteau Rapids, The Cedars and knocking a hole in her stern and she sank in a few the Cascades, which prior to this time had been feet of water at Merrickville, Ont., on the Rideau River considered impracticable for vessels of her size. and Canal. Raised and repaired. July 1847, in passage between Montreal, Her masters for were Captain Laughton Quebec and Kingston, Ont. the Highlander caught (1845), Captain Lawless (1846) and Captain W. Bell fire around the boilers. The crew and passengers (1848 - 49). extinguished the fire and then proceeded to their In 1848 the steamer operated as a destination. During winter layup, she received a new passenger boat on the Rideau Canal between boiler built by St. Mary’s Foundry. Kingston and Bytown. Ownership of the sidewheel steamer Her masters of the steamer Beaver were Highlander was transferred in March 1850, between Captain Fenwick (1850 - 51) and Captain Farmer Sir John Hamilton, Kingston, Ont. (1/3), McPherson & (1850 – 52). Her ownership was changed to Crane, Montreal, P.Q. (1/3), and Hooker & Holten Robertson Jones & Co., Bytown & Montreal in 1851. (1/3). They had her dismantled and her engine installed in a new hull being built at Lachine, Quebec. July 25, 2019 18

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Porcupine: Built for the passenger, package freight of:154’ x 22’ x 10’ with a tonnage of 325.07 (Old trade on the Rideau Canal at Prescott, Ont. for Style). She was launched in May 1840. Her master in McPherson & Crane, Kingston, Ont. was a small 1840 was Captain Pheatt. In October of that year she sidewheel steamer of 56 tons (Old Style). Her was struck by the schooner Erie at Buffalo, NY. measures were: 110’ x 31’6” x 4’6” with a "Wheezy' Repaired. high pressure engine, 8' stroke, 45 horsepower, built In July of 1841 her ownership was changed by Niagara Harbor & Dock Co. On launch in 1840, to Cobb & Shepard, Buffalo, NY, and ran between she was found un-suitable for the canal trade and Buffalo, NY and Toledo, OH. placed on the trade run Lake Ontario, Ottawa River & August 1844, the steamer William H. St. Lawrence River. Her master during the 1840 Harrison broke her shaft on Lake Erie and returned to season was Captain Drummond. Buffalo, NY for repairs. Due to a slowdown of economic conditions In July 1844, while lying at her dock at from the 1837 depression, the steamer William H. Kingston, the Porcupine caught fire in her wood hold. Harrison was laid up at Maumee City, OH, July 1845. Holes were cut through the deck to extinguish the She was repaired and thoroughly overhauled. flames. One life was lost. In 1848 her ownership was changed Smith & The steamer Porcupine was employed as a Brother, Maumee City, OH. Her master in 1849 was passenger vessel on the Ottawa River in the 1846 Captain Wolcott. season. In 1850, her ownership was changed again, Her master of the for the 1848 season was to Asa G. Keating et al, Cleveland, OH, and she ran Captain Patterson. between Cleveland, Sandusky, OH and Detroit, MI. May 1851, while bound for Oswego, NY, the For violating steamer navigation laws, the steamer steamer Porcupine, with two barges in tow, went William H. Harrison was tied up by U.S. Marshalls in ashore on Galloo Island, NY, eastern end of Lake August 1850. Ontario. She was released incurring a property loss The following year, ownership of the steamer of $700. William H. Harrison was changed to L. A. Kelsey, She was rebuilt in 1852 as a towboat. Her Cleveland, OH and she ran between Chicago, IL and ownership was changed to Robertson, Jones & Co. New Buffalo, MI. in 1853, and again in 1854 to Holcomb & June 1854, the steamer William H. Harrison Henderson's, Montreal, Quebec and her master for stranded on the Calumet River bar, off Chicago, Lake that season was Captain Cowley. Michigan, where she broke her back. The steamer Bound down on the St. Lawrence River in was hauled to Chicago, stripped of anything valuable May 1855, with an empty barge in tow, the steamer and abandoned, where she finally sank. tug Porcupine, while approaching Prescott, Ont., caught fire near her smokestack and was run ashore Missouri: Reed Line, Erie, PA; Charles M. Reed et where she burned to a total loss. No lives lost. al. investors contracted with Benjamin S. Goodsell, Vermilion, OH to build a wooden sidewheel steamer in 1840 with the following measures: 180’ x 28’ 8” x 12’ 5.5” and tonnage (Old Style) of 612 1/95. She was enrolled at Buffalo, NY, July 10, 1840 and was listed as having a side lever engine, with 30” bore x 120” stroke built by Warden, Nicholson & C. Pittsburg. She was built for the passenger, package freight trade. Master from 1841 – 47, was Captain Thomas Wilkin. January 1841, the steamer Missouri broke a William H. Harrison: Samuel S. Stebbins Shipyard, boiler steam line during a gale on Saginaw Bay. She Maumee City, OH, built for James Wolcott, Maumee drifted 75 miles before the storm subsided and temporary repairs could be made to get her to port. City, OH a wooden sidewheel steamer for the Down bound in October 1843, the steamer passenger, package freight trade. She was equipped Missouri struck a rock off Point Aux Barques, MI, with a vertical beam engine and had measures July 25, 2019 19

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Lake Huron. Using her pumps, she made Point Master of the steamer Waterloo for 1849 was Sawney, St. Clair River before sinking close to shore. Captain Staring. While moored at Black Creek, Ont, April 1844, the Missouri went aground, during October 17, 1849, opposite the head of Grand Island dense fog, on a reef five miles below Cattaraugus, on the Niagara River, the steamer Waterloo caught NY, Lake Erie. Released. fire and burned to a total loss. Loss $6,000. Her owners had the steamer Missouri dismantled in 1850 and she was abandoned at Erie, Some Notes: PA. Black River, Ohio: Drains Medina County, emptying into Lake Erie In 1867, the abandoned hull was used in the at Lorain, OH. construction of the steambarge Oakland (1867). Cargo-carrying capacity in cubic feet, another method of volumetric measurement. The capacity in cubic feet is then divided by 100 Waterloo: John Fellows et al (investors), Black Rock, cubic feet of capacity per gross ton, resulting in a tonnage NY had a small wooden sidewheel steamer built at expressed in tons. Mail Steamer: Chartered by the Canadian government to carry the Black Rock, NY. The vessel was 91’ 6” x 18’ 4” x 6’ mail between ports. 4”, with a tonnage (Old Style) of 98 42/95. She was Navigation: The reader may wonder what, with so few vessels on first enrolled at Buffalo, NY, October 13, 1840, listing the lakes, why steamers could not avoid each other. Two main reasons, the visibility during storms and the vessels did not carry her with a low-pressure engine with part of the any lights so you came upon a vessel you could not determine if machinery from Walk-In-Water and Superior. She the vessel was approaching or departing from you. Old Style Tonnage: The formula is: was built for the passenger, package freight ferry Tonnage= ((length - (beam x 3/5)) x Beam x Beam/2)/94 service out of Black Rock (Buffalo), NY. Her master where: Length is the length, in feet, from the stem to the sternpost; in 1841 was Captain James Walker. October of 1841, Beam is the maximum beam, in feet. she ran afoul of the schooner Osceola (US-1839) and The Builder's Old Measurement formula remained in effect until the advent of steam propulsion. Steamships required a sustained injury to her larboard bulwarks and different method of estimating tonnage, because the ratio of length promenade deck. to beam was larger and a significant volume of internal space was The steamer Waterloo ran from Buffalo, NY used for boilers and machinery. to Chippawa and Port Robinson, Ont. on the Niagara In 1849, the Moorsom System was created in Great River in 1843. Britain. The Moorsom system calculates the tonnage or cargo May 1844, the steamer Waterloo was capacity of sailing ships as a basis for assessing harbour and other lengthened 30 feet at Buffalo, NY. Measures updated vessel fees P.Q.: Province of Quebec to: 126’ 2” x 18’ 4” x 6’ 4”. 140 72/95 tons. Package Freight: almost every imaginable item of merchandise – In 1845, her ownership was changed to bags of onions, grain, etc., processed foods, bags of coal, stoves, James Haggert et al, Black Rock, NY. Her master furniture, that can be packaged and moved by manpower from that year was Captain Lewis. In July, she was placed dock to hold and reverse. on a Buffalo, NY to Detroit, MI run. The steamer Patriot War: A conflict along the Canada – U.S. border where Waterloo disappeared from her dock at Detroit and bands of raiders attacked the British colony of Upper Canada more was last sighted bound up the Detroit River just after than a dozen times between December 1837 and December 1838. midnight, September 18, 1845. Nine days later, the This so-called war was not a conflict between nations; it was a war steamer was found to be in the hands of Canadian of ideas fought by like-minded people against British forces revenue officer, Captain Videl for coasting without Ship Inventory: Will include the names of wooden steamers that papers. The vessel was returned to her owners at will not be identified in the manuscript. The research project that the information was gathered for included all wooden steamers Goderich, Ont. Lake Huron October 22, 1845. built on the Great Lakes or St. Lawrence River and operated on The steamer Waterloo, returning to Buffalo the Great Lakes with a gross tonnage at or over 100 tons. from Detroit in June 1846, broke some of her Up-bound: Going against the current – St. Lawrence River to Lake machinery between Cleveland, OH and Erie, PA. She Superior. (Lake Michigan – steaming north) made port and was repaired. Down-bound: Going with the current – Lake Superior to the Saint Her ownership was changed to William E. Lawrence River. (Lake Michigan – steaming south) Midmer et al, New York, NY, June 1846 (Original Source: "Wooden Steamers on the Great Lakes” – Great Lakes Historical Society; Bowling Green State University – Historical Collection; Thunder Bay In June 1847, the schooner Outward Bound National Marine Sanctuary Collection; Maritime History of the Great Lakes; and (US-1846) while leaving Buffalo collided with the the scanned newspaper collection of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, Kingston, Ont. and 746 additional documented sources.) sidewheel steamer Waterloo causing considerable damage to the steamer. Repaired. July 25, 2019 20

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