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1850-Steamboat Ocean, 1,052 tons; made into barge in 1857.
1851-Steamboat Pearl, 251 tons; broken up in 1869; Steamboat Ruby, 251 tons ; broken up in 1865; Steamboat Arctic, 861 tons; stranded in Lake Superior in 1860; Steamboat Caspian, 921 tons; wrecked at Cleveland, 1852.
1852-Steamboat Cleveland, 574 tons; wrecked in Lake Superior, 1864; Steamboat Traveller, 603 tons; burned at Chicago, 1854; rebuilt ; burned at Eagle Harbor, 1865; Steamboat Huron, 348 tons.
1853-Propeller Challenge, 665 tons; Steamer E. K. Collins, 942 tons; burned at Malden, 1854, twenty-three lives lost; raised and made into the Ark.
1854-Schooner Forester, 284 tons; Steamer R. R. Elliott, 254 tons; made into barge, 1866; Steamer Forester, 503 tons; made into barge, 1865 ; lost 1869.
1855-Steamboat Forest Queen, 462 tons; made into barge, 1866; Steamboat Planet, 1,164 tons; made into barge Northwest, 1866; lost in collision on Lake Erie; Propeller Mary Stewart, 442 tons; wrecked at Grand Haven, 1866; Schooner Colonel Cook, 327 tons; stranded, 1894; Schooner Torrent, 411 tons; sunk Port Stanley, Lake Erie, 1863; Barque Pacific, 482 tons; sunk in 1855.
1856-Schooner Wyandotte, 452 tons; Steamer Montgomery, 925 tons; Steamboat Gem, 50 tons; Barque Marquette, 426 tons; sunk in Lake Michigan, 1862, by collision.
1857-Scow-schooner Forest, 102 tons; Barge Ark, 308 tons ; wrecked in Lake Huron, 1866.
1858-Steamboat Gazelle, 422 tons; wrecked Eagle Harbor, 1860, only wheelsman saved.
1859-Steamboat Sea Bird, 535 tons; burned in Lake Michigan, 1868, seventy-two lives lost.
1860-Schooner John Rice, 146 tons; Steamer Comet, 385 tons.
1861-Steamer Antelope, 600 tons; foundered in 1897; Scow Schooner William Kelly, 198 tons; Scow Schooner R. N. Brown, 236 tons.
1862-Steamer Sea Gull, 36 tons; Schooner E. Kanter, 378 tons ; Schooner Yankee, 410 tons ; abandoned ; Propeller Waterwitch, 369 tons ; foundered, 1863, in Lake Huron; twenty-eight lives lost ; Propeller B. F. Wade, 715 tons; Scow Forest Maid, 60 tons.
1863-Schooner Otter, 270 tons; wrecked near Sturgeon bay, 1895; Schooner Stephen Clement, 602 tons; made into barge in 1869; Schooner M. B. Spaulding, 450 tons; burned in 1860; Schooner George W. Bissell, 278 tons; lost; Schooner Favorite, 451 tons; Schooner Saginaw, 378 tons ; Schooner Frances Adah, 62 tons.
1864 Steamer Wave, 153 tons; Brig St. Joseph, 193 tons; Scow Eureka, 199 tons; Tug Mayflower, 127 tons.
1865-Steamer Trader, 150 tons; boiler exploded, 1866. three lives lost; Propeller C. J. Clark, 98 tons; Schooner Carrier, 187 tons; Tug George N. Brady, 165 tons; rebuilt in 1893.
1866-Scow Lizzie Bell, 59 tons; lost Lake Ontario; Steamer River
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Queen, 68 tons; burned in 1868; Sehooner Sophia J. Luff, 277 tons ; Steamer Salina, 212 tons; burned at St. Clair, 1876; Steamer East Saginaw, 235 tons; lost in Lake Huron, 1883; Bark F. Morell, 369 tons; Steamer Marine City, 267 tons; burned Lake Huron; Steamer W. R. Clinton, 259 tons; Steamer Keweenaw, 635 tons; Steamer Saginaw, 707 tons ; condemned, 1910; Steamer Alpena, 617 tons; Schooner Kewanaw, 493 tons.
1867-Tug M. I. Miles, 152 tons; Schooner Tailor, 298 tons; name changed to Romeo; Steamer Bay City, 262 tons ; burned in 1891; Steamer J. S. Estabrook, 280 tons; Schooner S. Gardner, 238 tons; Schooner Guiding Star, 384 tons; abandoned, 1892; Sehooner William Brake, 318 tons.
1868-Steamer D. F. Rose, 258 tons; Schooner Florence Lester, 265 tons ; lost in 1889; Steamer William Cowie, 208 tons; burned in Che- boygan, 1890; Steamer George S. Frost, 131 tons; burned in Lake Erie, 1879; Schooner Franeis Palms, 560 tons; lost in 1889 in Lake Michigan ; Steamer St. Paul, 909 tons; burned in Lake Superior; Schooner William E. Barnes, 122 tons; Schooner H. P. Merry, 170 tons.
1869-Schooner A. Gebhart, 354 tons; Schooner Edward Dean, 376 tons; Schooner Keepsake, 268 tons; foundered in Lake Erie, 1898.
1870-Steamer P. H. Birckhead, 378 tons; burned Alpena; Sehooner C. H. Johnson, 332 tons; wreeked in 1895; Steamer Milton D. Ward, 544 tons; Propeller Coburn, 867 tons ; lost in 1871, Saginaw bay, thirty- two lives lost.
1871-Steamer Annie Laurie, 356 tons; Scow L. C. Larned, 38 tons Sehooner Katie Brainard, 412 tons; Schooner Dayton, 462 tons; Steamer Carrie H. Blood, 75 tons ; Schooner Emma A. Mayes, 429 tons; Schooner George W. Wesley, 280 tons; Steamer D. W. Powers, 302 tons; Steamer Porter Chamberlin, 257 tons; Steamer Northerner, 1,214 tons; Steamer Rose, 10 tons.
1872-Schooner Troy, 480 tons; Schooner C. L. Young, 362 tons; Steamer Tempest, 412 tons; Steamer Robert Holland, 339 tons; Sehooner Planet, 473 tons; Seow Sunnyside, 35 tons.
1873-Schooner Charles Spademan, 306 tons; sunk in Lake Erie, December 10, 1909; Steamer Jarvis Lord, 770 tons ; sunk in Lake Michi- gan, 1885; Schooner J. II. Rutter, 897 tons; gone to Atlantic ocean ; Schooner Charles H. Weeks, 324 tons; Sehooner Elma, 400 tons; wrecked in Lake Superior, 1895, one life lost; Schooner Hattie, 400 tons ; Schooner Nellie Gardner, 567 tons; wrecked in Thunder bay, 1883; Steamer Minneapolis, 1,072 tons; lost in Lake Michigan.
1874-Steamer George King, 532 tons: Steamer Abercorn, 260 tons; Steamer City of Duluth, 1,110 tons; Steamer N. K. Fairbank. 980 tons; burned in 1895; Steamer V. H. Ketehum, 1,660 tons.
1875-Steamer Gladys, 337 tons; Steamer Germania, 263 tons ; Steamer City of New Baltimore, 80 tons; Propeller Northern Belle, 290 tons ; burned in Lake Huron, 1898.
1877-Schooner Bay City, 371 tons; burned in Detroit, 1891.
1879-Schooner Agnes. 55 tons; Steamer James P. Donaldson, 521 tons ; Steamer Morley, 869 tons ; name changed to Grand Travers, Ont .; Sehooner Centennial, S tons; Steamer Isle Royal, 91 tons ; sunk in 1885.
1880-Schooner Grace Holland, 629 tons; Propeller A. L. Hopkins, 756 tons; foundered, 1911.
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1881-Schooner Nelson C. Holland, 564 tons; Schooner Minnie E. Orton, 410 tons; Schooner Isabel Reed, 548 tons; Schooner Teutonia, 594 tons; Steamer Kate Butteroni, 865 tons; name changed to Falcon ; stranded on Fix island, November 7, 1909; Schooner T. S. Fassett, 548 tons; Steamer R. J. Gordon, 186 tons; Steamer Sylvanus J. Macy, 548 tons ; lost in Lake Erie.
1882-Steamer Mary, 170 tons; Schooner G. K. Jackson, 400 tons ; Schooner R. H. Brown, 44 tons; Steamer J. M. Osborn, 891 tons; sunk by collision in 1884, near Owen Sound; Steamer C. F. Curtis, 502 tons.
1883-Schooner J. R. Edwards, 435 tons; Schooner William A. Young, 434 tons; Schooner Plymouth, 739 tons; Steamer Pickup, 136 tons; changed to Lucille; Schooner J. W. Westcott, 522 tons; Steamer Edward Smith, 523 tons.
1884-Steamer M. Sicken, 212 tons; Steamer C. W. Wells, 38 tons ; burned in 1897 at Amherstburg.
1885-Steamer New Orleans, 1,457 tons; lost; Steamer Roy, 88 tons ; crushed by ice in 1895; Steamer Alice May, 27 tons.
1886-Steamer Harry Cottrell, 76 tons; foundered in 1897.
1887-Steamer Louisiana, 1,753 tons.
1888-Steamer W. B. Morley, 1,478 tons; Steamer Miami, 228 tons ; Steamer Pawnee, 639 tons.
1889-Schooner Toltee, 684 tons; Steamer Aztee, 834 tons; Steamer P. J. Ralph, 964 tons; Steamer Cherokee, 1,304 tons; Propeller Italia, 2,036 tons.
1890-Steamer Tempest, 260 tons; Steamer Newaygo, 906 tons ; burned, Georgian bay ; Sehooner Chippewa, 1,290 tons; Schooner Miztec, 770 tons ; Schooner Zapotec, 811 tons; Steamer St. Lawrence, 1,437 tons ; Steamer F. W. Fletcher, 495 tons.
1891-Steamer John J. Hill, 974 tons; went to Atlantic ocean.
1892-Steamer Harvey J. Kendall. 300 tons; Steamer Iroquois, 1,469 tons; Schooner Alex Anderson, 738 tons.
1893-Steamer Wotan, 886 tons: Steamer Santa Maria, 982 tons; Schooner Mingo, 712 tons; Steamer Mohegan. 1,216 tons.
1894-Schooner Biwabik, 1.324 tons; Steamer Unique, 381 tons.
1895-Steamer George Farwell, 977 tons.
1896-Schooner Connely Bros., 751 tons.
1898-Steamer Isaac Lincoln, 376 tons.
1899-Steamer Maud, 98 tons.
1900-Steamer Alva S. Chisholm, Jr., 435 tons.
1902-Steamer Edward P. Recor, 368 tons.
1906-Steamer Gas Gem, 7 tons.
1909-Barge Kenyon. 44 tons; Barge Ruth, 14 tons.
BUILT IN PORT HURON
1838-Sloop Temperance, 29 tons.
1839-Schooner Key West. 20 tons.
1842-Schooner Henry Hubbard, 53 tons; capsized Lake Huron. 1845.
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1844-Schooner Freedom, 28 tons; capsized Lake Huron, 1844; three lives lost ; Schooner Morning Star, 38 tons ; sunk in Lake Erie, 1849. 1845-Brig David Smart, 203 tons; wrecked near Chicago, 1857; Schooner H. Hopkins, 14 tons.
1846-Schooner Dolphin, 7 tons; Schooner Amazon, 215 tons ; wrecked Point Edward, 1864.
1847-Steamer America, 600 tons; wrecked Dunkirk, 1854.
1848-Schooner Venus, 79 tons; Brig Robert Burns, 307 tons; last full-rigged brig on lakes; lost in the Straits with ten souls in 1869; Schooner May, 25 tons; Propeller Petrel, 227 tons; Schooner Mariner, 68 tons; wrecked near Chicago, 1852; Schooner Mary (rebuilt) ; Schooner Hawk, 8 tons; Schooner Industry, 19 tons.
1849-Schooner Trader, 20 tons; Schooner Dial, 161 tons.
1851-Scow United, 71 tons; Scow Ariel, 45 tons.
1852-Scow-schooner Traveller, 182 tons; sunk Port Burwell, 1855.
1853-Schooner David Ferguson, 223 tons. Schooner Free Demo- crat, 54 tons ; capsized in Lake Michigan, 1868; four lives lost. Schooner Maine Saw, 35 tons ; Scow-schooner Remittance, 27 tons; Schooner L. M. Mason, 340 tons; Schooner Fidelity, 64 tons; abandoned, 1860; Seow- schooner Weasel, 41 tons.
1854-Schooner F. G. Scott, 93 tons; Seow-schooner Enterprise, 56 tons; lost in Lake Huron, 1861; Schooner Helen Kent, 142 tons; aban- doned Lake Michigan, 1867.
1855-Steamboat Union, 116 tons.
1856-Scow Whittlesea, 107 tons; abandoned Cleveland, 1873; Schooner Fred L. Wells, 158 tons; wrecked off Port Bunce, 1868; Schooner William A. Chisholm, 136 tons; Schooner J. Hibbard, 95 tons.
1857-Schooner John S. Minor, 97 tons; Schooner W. R. Hanna, 186 tons; capsized in Lake Michigan in 1870; Schooner Gulielma, 170 tons ; wrecked at Buffalo, 1863; Schooner Forest Rose, 105 tons; Schooner Crenoline, 23 tons ; Schooner Jim Moffat, 25 tons.
1859-Scow-schooner Wetzel, 21 tons; Schooner E. J. Sexton, 23 tons ; Schooner Emma, 40 tons ; lost near Blue Point, 1869.
1860-Schooner Mahala, 32 tons ; Steamer Sarnia, 123 tons; Schooner Morning Lark, 59 tons; sunk near Detroit, 1875 .; Scow Morning Star, 48 tons ; Seow Triton, 34 tons ; Propellor Belle, 235 tons; burned in Lake Michigan, 1869; two lives lost.
1861-Scow-schooner Spray, 41 tons ; capsized off South Haven, 1875; Schooner Gulielma (rebuilt), 230 tons; Schooner Garibaldi, 167 tons.
1862-Schooner Elva (rebuilt), 76 tons; Seow Rival, 57 tons; lost in 1869.
1863-Seow Uncle Sam, 58 tons; Scow Lizzie, 93 tons; Brig Lucy J. Clark, 410 tons; wrecked in Lake Michigan, 1883; three lives lost.
1864-Scow Senator, 68 tons; Scow Evergreen, 61 tons; Steamer Kate Moffat, 235 tons ; burned in Lake Huron, 1885; Schooner Idaho, 46 tons ; Scow Mayflower, 92 tons; sunk off Kelly Island, 1875; Schooner Elisha C. Blish, 107 tons; lost on Lake Huron in 1864 with all hands; Bark Huron, 378 tons.
1865-Seow Home, 144 tons; Bark St. Clair, 350 tons.
1866-Schooner Kewaunee, 210 tons; Seow Maple Leaf, 87 tons;
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Scow Henry Young, 45 tons; wrecked on Lake Erie, 1870; Sehooner E. M. Carrington, 121 tons; Tug Ida S. Botsford, 26 tons; Seow Curlew, 80 tons; sunk in Lake Michigan, 1890; Scow Maria, 104 tons; lost near Hedgehog, 1883; Seow Iris, 62 tons; Barge Erie, 230 tons.
1867-Barge Hattie Johnson, 418 tons; sunk in Lake Huron, 1868; Seow Rozilee, 40 tons; Steamer City of Port Huron, 411 tons; ashore in 1871; Sehooner Topsy, 146 tons; lost in Lake Michigan, 1891; Scow Clipper Vision, 36 tons; Scow Two Brothers, 8 tons; Scow C. G. Meisel, 132 tons; abandoned off Lexington, 1883; Sehooner Hattie Wells, 291 tons ; Seow Emma Leighton, 82 tons; Steamer Henry Howard, 261 tons; burned off Harsen's Island, 1884; Steamer George E. Broekway, 164 tons; Scow E. T. Gain, 86 tons; stranded Point Pelee, 1868; Scow Mary Miller, 32 tons; Schooner Winnie Wing, 200 tons.
1868-Scow Juno, 85 tons ; sunk in St. Lawrence, 1873; Seow Adain, 62 tons; Scow H. B. Moore, 60 tons; lost in Lake Michigan, 1894; Schooner Hattie Howard, 273 tons; Scow Maggie, 40 tons; Scow Melissa, 30 tons; Schooner Groton, 350 tons; foundered Lake Erie, 1897; Scow Kittie, 88 tons; wrecked in Lake Erie, 1870.
1869-Sehooner Wm. G. Keith, 211 tons; Schooner Carlingford, 470 tons; sunk by collision in Lake Erie in 1881; Schooner David A. Wells, 310 tons; foundered in Lake Michigan, 1880; Scow Thomas S. Skinner, 195 tons ; Tug Frank Moffat, 122 tons.
1870-Schooner Wyoming, 289 tons; Schooner Fannie Neil, 451 tons; Seow Christina, 25 tons; Schooner E. Fitzgerald, 297 tons; wrecked Long Point, 1883; 7 lives lost ; Schooner L. W. Perry, 253 tons.
1871-Tug Gladiator, 220 tons ; Barge Ark. 68 tons; Steamer Vander- bilt, 1,302 tons ; Schooner George H. Ely. 648 tons; total loss near Detour, 1882; Schooner Harvey H. Brown. 834 tons; chartered for ocean service, 1898; wrecked off coast of Maine; Schooner James Couch, 843 tons; later the Tasmania; lost Lake Erie.
1872-Sehooner Elizabeth A. Nicholson ; lost in Lake Michigan, 1895 ; Schooner I. N. Foster, 319 tons; Steamer Montana, 1.535 tons.
1873-Steamer Oscar Townsend, 817 tons; burned in Lake Huron, 1891; Schooner Emma C. Hutchinson. 736 tons; made into barge; Seow Fred J. Dunford. 273 tons; rebuilt 1904; Sehooner America, 341 tons ; lost ; Steamer Mocking Bird, 142 tons; Sehooner Pulaski, 349 tons ; wrecked Good Harbor Bay. 1887; Tug Saginaw, 350 tons.
1874-Schooner Mary Lyon, 334 tons : Schooner Jennie Mathews, 332 tons; Sehooner Edward Kelly, 776 tons ; Steamer Mary, 52 tons ; Steamer Crusader, 198 tons ; burned at the Sault, 1894; Barge Belknap. 46 tons.
1875-Schooner Lizzie A. Law, 747 tons; sunk by collision Pt. Pelee, 1893; Sehooner Frank C. Leighton, 328 tons; Sloop Belle Stevens, 88 tons.
1876-Schooner Essex, 25 tons.
1877-Tug Red Ribbon. 20 tons.
1878-Steamer Saginaw. 282 tons . Sehooner Hanna Moore, 74 tons ; lost in Lake Michigan, 1894.
1880-Seow Ernest, 14 tons; Seow Aunt Ruth, 111 tons; Sehooner Home, 125 tons; Schooner R. J. Gibbs, 176 tons; foundered Bar Point, 1893 ; Propellor Mackinaw, 203 tons; burned in Lake Huron, 1890.
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1881-Schooner Ed Volley, 13 tons; Schooner Jeremiah Godfrey, 653 tons; Steamer City of Stiles, 98 tons.
1882-Sloop Osear Wilde, 23 tons; Schooner HI. A. Benson, 13 tons ; Seow George Davis, 15 tons; Steamer Omar D. Conger, 199 tons.
1884-Scow Tinker, 8 tons.
1885-Schooner Homer Alverson, 760 tons; chartered seaboard and sunk in St. Lawrence river, 1898.
1886-Seow L. B. Forester, 20 tons; Schooner E. B. Palmer, 277 tons ; wrecked Lake Huron, 1893.
1890-Steamer D. N. Runnels, 83 tons.
1891-Steamer O. O. Carpenter, 364 tons.
1892-Steamer Desmond, 456 tons.
1893-Steamer C. D. Thompson, 91 tons; Steamer Lloyd S. Porter, 536 tons; sunk in St. Lawrence river, 1898; Steamer W. G. Harrow, 84 tons; Steamer H. E. Runnels, 862 tons.
1894-Steamer C. L. Boynton, 103 tons.
1895-Steamer F. J. Haynes, 27 tons ; Steamer B. B. Inman, 89 tons ; Steamer Linden, 894 tons; sunk South Channel, 1904, collision; raised and rebuilt.
1896-Steamer Fred A. Lee, 60 tons; Steamer James T. Martin, 47 tons ; Steamer Vigilant, 372 tons.
1897-Steamer Black Rock, 1,646 tons.
1898-Steamer W. G. Mason, 99 tons.
1900-Steamer Ravenseraig, 2,402 tons; Steamer Capt. Thomas Wil- son, 4,719 tons; Steamer Chas. S. Neff, 992 tons.
1901-Steamer Kennebec, 2,183 tons; Steamer Henry Steinbrenner, 4,719 tons; sunk in collision with St. Berwind, Dec. 6, 1909.
1902-Steamer Kanawha, 2,182; Steamer John B. Cowle, 4,731 tons ; sunk in collision with Isaac M. Scott, July 12, 1909 ; 15 lives lost ; Steamer Hyacinth, 677 tons.
1903-Steamer Eastland, 1,961 tons; Steamer F. B. Squire, 4,583 tons.
1907-Barge Alfred E. Hunt, 510 tons; Seow Cuilene Rhu, 160 tons.
BUILT IN ST. CLAIR
1825-Schooner Grand Turk; lost in 1869 in Lake Michigan ; Schooner Pilot, 34 tons.
1828-Sloop Betsey, 24 tons.
1834-Sehooner Esther, 45 tons.
1838-Schooner Mink. 25 tons.
1842-Schooner Unele Tom, 101 tons; wreeked in Lake Erie, 1848.
1846-Propellor Goliath, 279 tons; wrecked in 1848; 18 lives lost.
1847-Steamer America, 130 tons; wrecked in Lake Erie, 1854.
1848-Steamer Empire State, 1,691 tons ; made a dry dock at Buffalo, 1858.
1849-Brig F. C. Clark, 270 tons ; wreeked at Manitowoc in 1856.
1853-Steamer Traffie, 43 tons; wrecked in 1868.
1855-Schooner E. K. Gilbert, 161 tons ; sunk in Lake Erie, 1868.
1857-Schooner Twilight, 20 tons; lost in Lake Ontario, 1859.
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1858-Schooner H. B. Steele, 118 tons; wrecked in Lake Michigan in 1870.
1858-Schooner Island City, 54 tons; sunk in Lake Michigan, 1894; two lives lost.
1862-Schooner Hazzard, 26 tons; Schooner Margaret R. Goffe, 278 tons.
1863-Schooner Maid of the Mist, 145 tons.
1864-Bark Hemisphere, 397 tons.
1865-Scow Liberty, 59 tons; Scow Mary Amelia, 99 tons.
1867-Schooner Amoskeag, 243 tons; later ealled Horaee Taber.
1869-Scow Growler, 10 tons.
1870-Sehooner Agnes L. Potter, 279 tons.
1871-Sloop Myrtle, 13 tons.
1873-Steamer Milton Courtright, 12 tons; Steamer D. M. Wilson, 757 tons; foundered in Lake Huron, 1894.
1874-Seow Light Guard, 16 tons; Steamer Chauney Hulbert, 1,009 tons.
1875-Schooner Justin R. Whiting. 458 tons; Schooner John W. Hanaford. 326 tons.
1878-Steamer Oscoda, 529 tons.
1880-Schooner Melbourne, 510 tons.
1881-Steamer Ogemaw, 628 tons; Sehooner Rambler, 26 tons.
1882-Steamer Transfer, 16 tons; Steamer D. C. Whitney, 1,090 tons ; Schooner Wayne, 965 tons.
1883-Schooner Nipigon, 626 tons.
1884-Schooner Kalkaska, 555 tons.
1885-Scow Tyler, 28 tons.
1886-Steamer Simon Langell, 845 tons.
1887-Steamer Kaliyuga, 1,941 tons; lost Saginaw Bay, all hands, 1907.
1888-Schooner Fontana, 1,163 tons; Sehooner Arenac, 521 tons.
1889-Steamer Oscar T. Flint, 823 tons; burned in Lake Huron, Nov. 25, 1909.
1890-Steamer Langell Boys, 387 tons.
1892-Steamer Penelope, 54 tons; burned in Lake Erie Dec. 19, 1909.
1894-Steamer Welcome, 212 tons.
1900-Steamer Alfred Mitchell, 1,751 tons.
1903-Steamer Winnebago, 1,090 tons ; lost in Pacific ocean ; Steamer John C. Howard, 1,244 tons; lost in Pacific ocean.
1905-Steamer George H. Russell, 4,978 tons; Steamer Frank J. Hecker, 4,978 tons.
1906-Steamer Ashtabula, 2,690 tons.
1907-Steamer John Mitchell, 4,478 tons; Steamer William B. Davock, 4,468 tons.
1908-Steamer Normania, 4,871 tons.
1908-Steamer Adam E. Cornelius, 4,900 tons.
1909-Steamer North Star, 3,849 tons; Steamer North Lake, 3.861.
1910-Steamer Harry Yates, 6,077 tons; Steamer Theodore H. Wiek- wire, Jr., 6,077 tons.
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BUILT IN ALGONAC
1836-Schooner George Hamilton, 54 tons.
1838-Schooner James L. Peer, 23 tons.
1840-Schooner Adelaide, 43 tons.
1842-Schooner Ben Franklin, 231 tons; wrecked Thunder Bay, 1853.
1843-Schooner Wolverine, 97 tons.
1844-Schooner Congress, 206 tons; went ashore in Lake Erie, 1844; Schooner Venus, 66 tons.
1845-Steamboat Tecumseh, 285 tons; wrecked, 1850; Schooner Vengeance, 78 tons ; Steamer Macomb, 132 tons.
1846-Steamboat Sultana, 806 tons; made a barge named Cumber- land ; wrecked, 1858.
1847-Steamer Fashion, 324 tons ; lost in Lake Huron, 1856.
1850-Schooner Capella, 24 tons.
1853-Scow-schooner May Breeze, 65 tons.
1854 Schooner Orion, 111 tons; lost in Lake Huron. 1856; Scow- schooner Cygnet, 95 tons ; sunk in Lake Erie, 1855.
1856-Schooner Pike, 32 tons.
1857-Schooner Comet, 52 tons; wrecked, 1870.
1858-Schooner Planet, 93 tons; Steamboat Princess, 109 tons; broken up, 1869.
1860-Tug Jas. E. Eagle, 194 tons; burned near Bay City, 1869; Sloop M. B. Kean, 30 tons.
1861-Steamer Philo Parsons, 221 tons; captured by Confederates, 1864, on Lake Erie.
1862-Steamer Young America, 57 tons; Steamboat Emerald, 249 tons; Schooner Sea Bird, 102 tons; wrecked, 1869; Scow-schooner Orion (rebuilt), 111 tons ; sunk in Lake Michigan, 1861.
1864-Tug C. W. Armstrong, 51 tons; burned in Bay City, 1870; Steamer Twilight, 125 tons ; Steamer F. B. Smith, 141 tons; Scow Salma, 132 tons; Schooner Alice M. Beers, 211 tons; Ferry Detroit, 126 tons ; burned in 1875.
1865-Schooner Morning Star, 99 tons.
1866-Schooner Sailor Boy, 76 tons; Schooner R. C. Crawford, 309 tons ; name changed to Geo. W. Naghton; abandoned; Schooner Jen- nie, 153 tons; Schooner Widgeon, 22 tons.
1867-Steamer Sanilae, 263 tons; Schooner Market Drayton, 88 tons ; Schooner Seaman, 131 tons; Schooner Hercules, 195 tons; Scow Lilly May, 181 tons; abandoned; Steamer St. Clair, 236 tons; burned; Steamer Princess. 96 tons ; Steamer Ira H. Owen, 236 tons.
1868-Schooner St. Clair Flats, 21 tons; Schooner Twilight, 105 tons.
1869-Schooner George Dana, 304 tons; stranded in Lake Huron, 1876.
1870-Steamer John Ritchie, 205 tons; lost in 1888.
1871-Schooner J. A. Smith, 255 tons; wrecked in 1887; Tug John Martin, 20 tons.
1872-Schooner John R. Noyes, 333 tons; Tug Ontario, 54 tons; burned in 1883.
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1873-Steamer Rhoda Stewart, 323 tons; Steamer Anna Smith, 636 tons; lost in 1889 in Lake Huron; Schooner Isaac G. Jenkins, 327 tons; Schooner Belle Cash, 375 tons.
1874-Schooner Belle Mitchell, 320 tons; lost in Lake Erie, 1886; 8 lives lost; Schooner Oliver Mitchell, 320 tons.
1876-Steamer Ella M. Smith, 151 tons; Scow Essex, 5 tons; Schooner Boscobel, 503 tons.
1879-Steamer Albert Miller, 283 tons; burned off Point Au Sable, 1882.
1880-Schooner W. Case, 266 tons.
1881-Schooner R. W. Currie, 36 tons; Steamer Ella G. Stone, 42 tons; Schooner Middlesex, 618 tons.
1882-Schooner Lady Franklin, 301 tons.
1883-Steamer Fern, 48 tons; lost Lake Superior.
1884-Steamer S. C. Roby, 301 tons.
1888-Steamer L. Schofield, Jr., 10 tons.
1890-Schooner Delta, 269 tons.
1891-Schooner J. B. Comstock, 306 tons; Steamer Nelson Bond, 21 tons.
1892-Schooner Leader, 31 tons; Schooner Abram Smith, 372 tons.
1893-Schooner Interlaken. 567 tons.
1894-Schooner W. K. Moore, 618 tons.
1895-Schooner A. W. Comstock, 805 tons; foundered 1895 in Lake Superior.
1896-Schooner Vineland, 965 tons.
1897-Barge D. C. Cutler. 468 tons.
MARYSVILLE
1849-Propeller Peninsula, 354 tons; wrecked 1853 in Lake Huron.
1852-Schooner O. O. Melzer. 137 tons; ashore 1854.
1853-Schooner Mary. 88 tons; lost ; Schooner Antelope, 89 tons ; lost in 1859; Schooner Mary Williams, SS tons.
1862-Schooner Emeline, 121 tons.
1864-Tug Tawas, 122 tons; boiler exploded, 1874, at Port Huron, killing some of crew; Barge City of Tawas, 572 tons; wrecked, 1877, in Lake Michigan.
1866-Schooner Clifton, 139 tons.
1870-Steamer N. Mills, 391 tons.
1872-Schooner Mary Mills, 119 tons.
1874-Scow David A. Williams, 117 tons.
1883-Steamer J. E. Mills, 179 tons.
LAKEPORT
1860-Scow Forwarder, 62 tons; sunk in 1872.
1866-Scow Jerusha, 13 tons; Scow Amanda, 49 tons.
1869-Scow Industry, 50 tons.
1872-Schooner Annie Faught, 10 tons.
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HISTORY OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY
FAIR HAVEN
1865-Scow Eugene, 40 tons.
1869-Schooner Sea Bird, 10 tons.
1871-Seow Alvina, 48 tons.
1874-Steamer H. C. Schnoor, 244 tons.
1881-Steamer J. S. Roby, 128 tons; burned, 1891.
1882-Steamer Hattie, 66 tons.
FORT GRATIOT
1818-Sloop Split Log by U. S., 16 tons. 1867-Schooner Twilight, 5 tons.
1873-Schooner Waubonsie, 12 tons.
1879-Schooner Sea Bird, 7 tons.
1880-Scow Ben Busby, 8 tons; Scow S. E. Curtis, 39 tons.
BURTCHVILLE
1842-Schooner Baltic, 96 tons.
1849-Scow Milwaukie, 32 tons.
1850-Schooner Star, 55 tons; wrecked.
CHINA
1844-Schooner Henry Clay, 140 tons.
1845-Sehooner Sparrow, 44 tons; wreeked in 1855 in Lake Erie.
1846-Schooner St. Clair, 35 tons.
1847-Schooner Macomb, 42 tons.
1848-Sehooner T. Lemen, 124 tons; Scow Coaster, 63 tons; Schooner William I. Price, 103 tons; Schooner A. H. Newbold, 152 tons; wrecked in Lake Michigan; Schooner Buena Vista, 26 tons; wrecked, 1875, in Lake Michigan.
1849-Schooner California, 72 tons; wrecked; Scow-sloop Texas, 26 tons ; wrecked 1851.
COTTRELLVILLE
1845-Schooner Avenger, 77 tons; stranded 1861.
1848-Schooner Emeline Larned, 105 tons.
1851-Schooner Meridian, 75 tons.
1853-Steamer Oliver M. Hyde, 112 tons; Schooner Meridian, 99 tons.
1855-Steamer Undine, 116 tons.
1858-Schooner A. Rust, 325 tons.
1859-Seow-schooner Elva, 52 tons.
1862-Schooner Liberty, 124 tons; wrecked 1872.
1865-Schooner Mary Larned, 26 tons.
HARSON'S ISLAND
1859-Schooner Island City, 46 tons ; sunk in 1894 in Lake Michigan ; two lives lost.
1860-Scow Ocean Wave, 89 tons; wrecked in Green Bay, 1866.
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HISTORY OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY
CLAY
1827-Sloop Savage, 34 tons.
1863-Schooner Annie, 42 tons.
BOATS BUILT ON ST. CLAIR RIVER,
1824-Schooner Emily, 34 tons ; lost, 1830, Lake St. Clair ; seven lives lost.
1840-Schooner Farmer, 28 tons.
1847-Schooner Sachem, 74 tons.
SWAN CREEK
1833-Steamboat Detroit, 137 tons.
1834-Schooner Waterloo, 63 tons.
1835-Schooner Wave, 44 tons; Sloop Democrat, 20 tons.
1836-Schooner Ocean, 44 tons; lost 1844 Lake Michigan.
1842-Schooner Betsy, 29 tons; Schooner Hunter, 18 tons; Schooner Eagle, 37 tons; lost Lake Erie, 1852.
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