Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

TIOGA (1862, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TIOGA
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
24167
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Quayle & Martin
Original Owner and Location:
New York & Erie Railway Co., Dunkirk, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Screw
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
788hp vertical direct-acting engine built by Cuyahoga Steam Boiler Works, Cleveland, OH.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
173.75'
Beam:
28.16'
Depth:
11.82'
Tonnage (old style):
549 54/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Grubb Reef, Point Pelee, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
5 Oct 1877
Final Depth:
30'-42''
How:
Burned & foundered.
Final Cargo:
General merchandise.
Notes:
1877, Oct 8 Documents surrendered. 1879, Jun 25 Quinn Brothers purchased half to remove engines & scrap iron; unknown if done.
History
Chronology:

1862, Apr 24 Launched; ran Dunkirk, NY - Sandusky, OH, Lake Erie.

1863, May 9 Boiler exploded off Cleveland, OH, Lake Erie, c4 lost.

1864 Owned Erie Railway Steamboat Co.

1864, Apr 27 Ice damage, Lake Erie.

1865 Readmeasured 695.42 gross tons; 177.4 c 24.7 x 11.2'.

1868 Owned Erie Railway Line.

1869 Owned Union Steamboat Co.

1873, Aug Ashore Niagara Reef, Lake Erie.

1876, Jun Recieved a Thomas Murphy patented furnace said to use cheaper coal, but provide same power.

1877, May Owned & rebuilt as steambarge by C.C. Blodgett, Detroit, MI; ran Saginaw, MI - North Tonawanda, NY lumber trade.

1877, Oct 5 Burned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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