ELLIOTT, R. R. (1854, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ELLIOTT, R. R.
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newport (Marine City), MI
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Pangborn
Master Carpenter:
James Bushnell
Original Owner and Location:
M. B. Kean, Newport, MI
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Low Pressure
# Cylinders:
2
Propulsion Notes:
2 40 x 87 vertical beam engine built by S. Battell & Co., Buffalo; from steamer MICHIGAN, 1833. Boiler from J. & J. Brennan Works, Detroit.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
162.9'
Beam:
27.6'
Depth:
7.1'
Tonnage (old style):
321 29/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
19 miles off Port Burwell, ONT.
Lake Erie.
How:
Storm
Final Cargo:
lumber
Notes:
Broke up while at anchor in gale.
History
Chronology:

1856, may 1 Owned Ch. Carey, Detroiit; to continue in Detroit River towing.

1860, May Assisted in savage of steamer S. C. IVES.

1860, Jul 30 Broke shaft while on St. Clair Flats, came down to Detroit on one wheel.

1865, Nov 21 Sold to owners of Phil Parsous; rebuilt as barge; engines put into new hull CITY OF SANDUSKY.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
G. P. Bugbee
Burton Collection
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
C. Patrick Labadie
Lytle List
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
David Swayze Shipwreck Database
U. S. Merchant Vessels
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact us:
Test 4 Walter
 database@wisconsinmaritime.org
 
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org

 

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