by import2 | July 24, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1847 1847: CONSTITUTION (wooden passenger-package freight side-wheeler, 141 feet, 444 tons, built in 1837 at Charleston, Ohio) struck a pier in Sandusky harbor, stove a large hole in her bow and sank. Her machinery was later recovered and installed in J.D. MORTON....
by import2 | July 23, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1878 H.R. PRESTON (wooden quarterdeck canal boat built in 1877 at Oneida Lake, New York) was carrying 250 tons of ashes from Picton, Ontario, to Oswego, New York, in tow of the tug ALANSON SUMNER along with three other canal boats when they encountered a storm on Lake...
by import2 | July 22, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 The M.I. MILLS (wooden propeller tug, 122 feet, 152 tons, built in 1867 at Marine City, Michigan), which sank in a collision with the bark UNADILLA on May 9, 1873, was found in 90 feet of water in Lake Huron off Sand Beach, Michigan. Plans were made to raise her...
by import2 | July 21, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 1875: The schooner ELVA, which was built in Port Huron, Michigan, in 1861 for Capt. Sinclair, was sailing from Holland, Michigan, for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, loaded with stove bolts. She capsized 12 miles from Milwaukee. Her crew took to the boats and made a...
by import2 | July 20, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 The scow DIXIE burned during the night while lying at Kenyon’s dock in East China Township on the St. Clair River. 1877 At the end of June 1877, the ferry MYRTLE began running between Port Huron and Sarnia. However, on this date, The Port Huron Times...
by import2 | July 19, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1831 The wooden schooner HENRY CLAY was carrying 800 barrels of salt and passengers from Oswego, New York, to the Welland Canal on her maiden voyage when she capsized in a squall and sank about 10 miles off Port Dalhousie, Ontario, on Lake Ontario. About 11 persons...
