PEWABIC
Year of Build:  1863 Official Number:  AMERICAN
Also Known As:  
CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP
Build City:Cleveland Build State:OH
Vessel Type:Propeller Number of Decks:1
Hull Materials:Wood Hull #:
Builder Name:Peck & Masters
Master Carpenter:
Built on Bottom of:
Original Owner:J.T. Whiting & Co.
Location:Cleveland, OH.
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POWER
Powered By:Mechanical
Number of Masts:1
Propulsion Type:Screw Engine Type:High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:2 # Boilers:2
# Propellers:2
Propulsion Notes:Two 26.5 X 30" engines by Cuyahoga Iron Works, Cleveland, OH.

Two boilers 8 X 20' of 3/8".

Two wheels 8.5' diameter.
DIMENSIONS
Length:200.24 Tonnage (old style):738 79/95
Beam:31.07 Tonnage (gross):
Depth:12.44 Tonnage (net):
Capacity:
FINAL DISPOSITION
Final Location:Off Thunder Bay, 7 miles from Alpena, MI. Lake Huron.
Final Date: [month] 9 [day] 8 [year] 1864
Final Depth:180'
Final Dispostion How:Sunk in collision.
Final Cargo:180 passengers, copper.
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Final Notes:Bound Houghton, MI - Cleveland, OH, sunk in collision with propeller METEOR; 33 died.

Many salvage attempts beginning 1880, 8 died in these attempts.
HISTORY AND NOTES
History:1863, Oct 6 Enrolled Cleveland, OH; pewabic is indian word for iron, ran on Lake Superior Line.

1865, May 8 Readmeasured Cleveland, OH 198 X 31 X 20.6', 979.07 gross tons.

1865, May 9 Change home port to Detroit, MI.

1865, Aug 9 Sank Lake Huron.
From the Collection of: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:tre
Unique ID:112129
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