CITY OF CLEVELAND (1886, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Wyandotte, MI
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Composite
Number of Decks:: 3
Hull Number:: 71
Builder Name:: Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co., Detroit, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 4
Propulsion Notes:: 66" cylinder by 144" stroke Fletcher beam engine, 1525hp @ 28rpm, Hoboken, NY (1886). 12 x 11' @ 60# steam scotch boilers, Dry Dock Engine Works. Paddlewheels are Morgan feathering bucket type 25' by 10' face with 10 buckets.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

120 Staterooms, cost $300,000.

1885, Sep 10 Launched at Wyandotte, MI; ran Detroit - Cleveland 1886 - 1925.

1888 272 x 40.6 x 14.6', 1923.95 gross / 1324.49 net tons.

1901, Oct 19 Sunk on Dougall's Rock, Ballard's Reef Channel, Detroit River; repaired.

1907 Renamed CITY OF ST IGNACE; running in D & C Company, Lake Huron Division.

1925 Run Cleveland to Port Stanley; owned Western Reserve Navigaion Co., Cleveland.

1927 Owned Cleveland Canada Navigation Co., Fairport, OH; running Cleveland - Port Stanley.

1929 Renamed KEYSTONE; ran Erie, PA - Port Dover, ONT.

1930 Owned Nicholson Erie - Dover Ferry Co., Detroit, MI.

1932, Jun 23 Burned at Ecorse, MI; dismantled.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden; American Bureau of Shipping; Donald V. Baut; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; Beers, History of the Great Lakes, J. B. Mansfield

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:

Agency street/mail address:

211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188

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