by import | March 28, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1848 COLUMBUS (wooden sidewheeler, 391 tons, built in 1835, at Huron, Ohio) struck a pier at Dunkirk, New York during a storm and sank. The sidewheeler FASHION struck the wreck in November of the same year and was seriously damaged. 1997 The USS Great Lakes...
by import | March 27, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1841 BURLINGTON (wooden sidewheeler, 150 tons, built in 1837, at Oakville, Ontario) was destroyed by fire at Toronto, Ontario. Her hull was later recovered and the 98-foot, 3-mast schooner SCOTLAND was built on it in 1847, at Toronto. 1871 The small wooden schooner...
by import | March 26, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1884 The CITY OF MOUNT CLEMENS (wooden propeller “rabbit,” 106 foot, 132 gross tons) was launched at the Chabideaux yard in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. She was towed to Detroit to be fit out. She was built for Chapaton & Lacroix. She lasted until dismantled in...
by import | March 25, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1911 FRANK R. DENTON was launched as a.) THOMAS WALTERS (Hull#390) at Lorain, Ohio by American Ship Building Co. for the Interstate Steamship Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 1916 HENRY G. DALTON (Hull#713) was launched at Lorain, Ohio by American Ship Building Co., for the...
by import | March 24, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1874 The 181-foot, 3-mast wooden schooner MORNING STAR was launched at E. Saginaw, Michigan, by Crosthwaite. 1876 The CITY OF SANDUSKY (wooden side-wheel passenger/package freight vessel, 171 foot, 608 gross tons, built in 1866, at Sandusky, Ohio) burned and sank in...
