BAY CITY
Year of Build:  1857 Official Number:  US2135
Also Known As:  
CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP
Build City:Portsmouth (East Saginaw) Build State:MI
Vessel Type:Brig Number of Decks:1
Hull Materials:Wood Hull #:
Builder Name:Samuel J. Tripp
Master Carpenter:
Built on Bottom of:
Original Owner:H.D. Braddock
Location:E. Saginaw, MI
Ownership Notes:
POWER
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Number of Masts:2
Propulsion Type: Engine Type:
# Cylinders: # Boilers:
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DIMENSIONS
Length:140.2 Tonnage (old style):418
Beam:29 Tonnage (gross):
Depth:10.4 Tonnage (net):
Capacity:
FINAL DISPOSITION
Final Location:Alpena, MI. Lake Huron.
Final Date: [month] 29 [day] 11 [year] 1902
Final Depth:
Final Dispostion How:Wrecked on piers.
Final Cargo:None.
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Final Notes:Dragged anchors & driven against piers at harbor entrance.
HISTORY AND NOTES
History:1857 Enrolled Detroit MI.

1858, Apr Dismasted Lake Huron, got into Detroit, MI.

1858, Oct Ran on Point Pelee Reef with grain cargo; pulled off.

1860 Owned H.D. Braddock, Portsmouth, MI.

1864 Readmeasured 306 gross tons.

1867 Enrolled Chicago, IL & Buffalo, NY.

1868 Enrolled Chicago.

1869 Burned Detroit, MI; later reduced to barge.

1870, Apr 18 Owned James Johnson, Bay City, MI.

1871 Owned Chicago.

1871, Nov 24 Ashore 11 miles west of Port Colborne, Lake Erie; bulwarks & stern washed away.

1874 Repaired.

1875, May 8 Sold by F.W. Fifield to Ames Eastman.

1876 Owned Eastman & Co., East Saginaw, MI.

1879 Rebuilt; owned R. & B. Shepherd, Bay City, MI; operated in Saginaw River lumber trade; towed by one of local steambarges.

1880, Nov 22 Dragged ashore Erie, PA; badly damaged.

1880 - 81 Repaired.

1881, Jul 14 Owned G.S. Colwell, Harrisville, MI; 306.23 gross tons/290.92 net tons.

1888, Apr 17 Owned E.C. Recor, Marine City, MI; barge with 2 masts; towed by MARK HOPKINS.

188-?, Nov 20 Stranded in snow storm; saved.

1895 Owned C.A. Chamberlain, Detroit; towed by steambarge HURON CITY; capacity of 350,000 board feet.

1901 Rebuilt; 8' deckloads; crew 7.

1902, Nov 29 Wrecked Alpena, MI; abandoned.
From the Collection of: C. Patrick Labadie
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Unique ID:18428
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