1855 Potomac 1899
Wooden Great Lakes package freighter
Built at Cleveland OH by Luther Moses
Launched
1 deck, coal-fired boiler, engine,
Enrolled at Cleveland OH Aug 21, 1855 (#66)
209.14 x 33.04 x 12.43, 818 40/95 tons to:
Charles Ensign, Rufus C. Palmer and William Foot 1/3 each, Buffalo NY (home port Cleveland OH)
Sold 1855 to American Transportation Co., Buffalo NY (home port to Buffalo NY)
Sold 1864 to Western Transportation Co., Buffalo NY
Remeasured 1865 under Act of May 6, 1864 (new measuring rules) to 210.6 x 33.7 x 11.25, 1021.66 tons (to 2 decks) US 19618
Rebuilt 1866 at Buffalo NY by Mason & Bidwell
Remeasured to 12.6 depth and 1108.35 tons (858.53 NT 1882)
Sold 1881 to John Green, Buffalo NY
Sold 1882 to Samuel L. Watson ¾ and Henry W. Watson ¼, Buffalo NY
Converted 1885 to barge, 1 deck
Remeasured to 659.61 GT, 627.13
Sold 1892 to Niagara Paper Co.,
Abandoned by 1899 on Niagara River. Enrollment surrendered June 30, 1899.
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