by import2 | February 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: On 01 February 1871, the SKYLARK (wooden propeller steamer, 90 tons, built in 1857) was purchased by the Goodrich Transportation Company from Thomas L. Parker for $6,000. 1883 1883: The steamer R. J. GORDON was sold to M. K. Muir of Detroit on 1 February...
by import2 | January 31, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1903 1903: MANZZUTTI was launched January 31, 1903, as a.) J S KEEFE (Hull#203) at Buffalo, New York by the Buffalo Dry Dock Co. 1917 1917: DUNDEE, which left the Great Lakes in 1915 after service in several fleets including Canada Steamship Lines, was torpedoed and...
by import2 | January 30, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1881 1881: On 30 January 1881, ST. ALBANS (wooden propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 135 foot, 435 tons, built in 1869, at Cleveland, Ohio) was carrying general merchandise, flour, cattle and 22 passengers in Lake Michigan. She rammed a cake of ice that...
by import2 | January 29, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1910 1910: BUCKEYE was launched January 29, 1910, as the straight decker a.) LEONARD B MILLER (Hull # 447) at Cleveland, Ohio by the American Ship Building Co. 1910: JOHN P. REISS (Hull # 377) was also launched this date in 1910, at Lorain, Ohio, by American Ship...
by import2 | January 28, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1879 1879: At 4 a.m. on 28 January 1879, the ferry SARNIA was discovered on fire while lying at Fitzgerald’s yard in Port Huron. All of the cabins were destroyed although the fire department had the fire out within an hour. About $3,000 damage was done. She was...
by import2 | January 27, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1893 1893: On 27 January 1893, Charles Lonsby and Louis Wolf purchased the 161- foot wooden steam barge THOMAS D. STIMSON for $28,000. The vessel was built in 1881, by W. J. Daley & Sons at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, as a schooner and was originally named VIRGINIUS....
