by import2 | August 27, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 The keel for the tug CRUSADER was laid at the Leighton and Dunford yard in Port Huron, MI. The tug measured 132 feet overall with a 100-foot keel and 23-foot beam. She was built for George E. Brockway. 1886 The Detroit Evening News reported that a fireman on the...
by import2 | August 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1791 John Fitch was granted a United States patent for the steamboat. 1857 The schooner MATTHEW MCNAIR was launched at the Lee and Lamoree shipyard in Oswego, NY. She had a 103-foot keel, 24-foot-6-inch beam, and 9-foot-6-inch depth. 1872 Wooden propeller steamer LAKE...
by import2 | August 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 JOURNEYMAN (wooden schooner; 129 feet; 235 gross tons; built in 1873 at Wenona, MI) was put in service. Her first cargo was 225,770 feet of lumber. She was built for Whitehead and Webster of Bay City, MI, and lasted until 1896. 1892 H.D. COFFINBERRY (wooden...
by import2 | August 24, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1882 The Port Huron Times reported that “the long looked for launch of the Stave Company’s new river steamer MARY took place this afternoon between 4 and 5 o’clock and was witnessed by hundreds of spectators. The last support being knocked away, she...
by import2 | August 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1818 The first steamer above Niagara Falls, the WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Captain Job Fish, departed Buffalo on her maiden voyage. The 29 passengers paid a fare of $24 and arrived at Detroit in 44 hours and 10 minutes. 1875 PERSIAN (wooden propeller freighter, 1,630 tons,...
by import2 | August 22, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1863 WILLIAM S. BULL (wooden propeller steam tug, 16 tons, built in 1861 at Buffalo, New York) waterlogged and went down in a storm 40 miles east of Erie, Pennsylvania. She was in the company of the tug G.W. GARDNER and the canal boat M.E. PAINE, who saved her crew....
