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ABERT |
| Year of Build: 1843 |
Official Number: US75987 |
| Also Known As: COL. ABERT (AKA) (), SURVEYOR (1845), JULIA (1878) |
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| CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP |
| Build City: | Coldspring |
Build State: | NY |
| Vessel Type: | Survey Vessel |
Number of Decks: | 1 |
| Hull Materials: | Iron |
Hull #: | |
| Builder Name: | Novelty Ironworks |
| Master Carpenter: | |
| Built on Bottom of: | |
| Original Owner: | US Topographical Engineers |
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| POWER |
| Powered By: | Mechanical |
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Engine Type: | High Pressure (including HPNC) |
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| Propulsion Notes: | Powered by Hunter's submerged water wheels with two engines, 16 x 26" |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Length: | 97 |
Tonnage (old style): | |
| Beam: | 18.5 |
Tonnage (gross): | |
| Depth: | 8 |
Tonnage (net): | |
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| FINAL DISPOSITION |
| Final Location: | Sheboygan,WI, outer harbor.
Lake Michigan |
| Final Date: |
[month] 10
[day] 26
[year] 1888
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| Final Depth: | |
| Final Dispostion How: | Abandoned. |
| Final Cargo: | None |
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| Final Notes: | Abandoned at pier and subsequently sank. Wreckage removed in several harbor improvement projects, 1939 and 1990s. |
| HISTORY AND NOTES |
| History: | First iron vessel ever on Great Lakes, assembled Buffalo, NY.
1843 December 21 First launched.
1844 October 18 Aground Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie; got off.
1845 Rebuilt as sidewheel steamer; 97 x 18.6 x 8; 130 old style tons. Renamed SURVEYOR.
1845 - 1878 Surveyed upper Lakes harbors for U.S. Government.
1878 Sold out of US Government service.
1878, Apr 5 Crockett McElroy, St. Clair renamed JULIA, US75987 100 x 18.2 x 8.2, 102.59 gross tons, passenger steamer on St. Clair, River, MI.
1882, Jun 9 CR. Freyberg, Sheboygan, WI 105.59 gross tons & 51.30 net tons, rafting tug (sidewheel).
1888, Oct 26 Abandoned at Sheboygan, "unfit for service", sunk in outer harbor. |
| From the Collection of: |
C. Patrick Labadie |
| Sources: | Steamship Historical Society of America
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| Unique ID: | 864 |
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