by import | September 18, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1679 GRIFFON, the first sailing ship on the upper lakes, left Green Bay, WI, with a cargo of furs. She left the explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle behind. GRIFFON never reached her planned destination. 1855 SEBASTOPOL (wooden sidewheel steamer; 230 feet;...
by import | September 17, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1830 WILLIAM PEACOCK (wooden sidewheel steamer; 102 feet; 120 tons; built in 1829 at Barcelona, NY) suffered the first major boiler explosion on Lake Erie while she was docked in Buffalo, NY. 15–30 lives were lost. She was rebuilt two years later and eventually...
by import | September 16, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1877 The 46-foot tug RED RIBBON, owned by W.H. Morris of Port Huron, MI, burned about 2 miles below St. Clair, MI. Captain Morris ran the tug ashore and hurried to St. Clair to get assistance, but officials there refused to allow the steam fire engine to go outside...
by import | September 15, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1872 A.J. BEMIS (wood propeller tug; 49 tons; built in 1859 at Buffalo, NY) caught fire while underway. The fire originated under her boiler. She ran for shore but sank about six miles from Alpena, MI. No lives were lost. 1873 IRONSIDES (wooden propeller...
by import | September 14, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1871 R.J. CARNEY (wooden barge; 150 feet; 397 gross tons) was launched at Saginaw, MI. 1872 The 203-foot wooden schooner KATE WINSLOW was launched at J. Davidson’s yard in East Saginaw, MI. 1882 The steamer ASIA sank in a storm off Byng Inlet, ON, on Georgian...
