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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: Lady Elgin

Ship owner: A. T. Spencer & Co.; G. Hubbard; Patchin & Appleby

Ship builder: J.W. Banta, Buffalo, New York

Year ship built: 1851

Final disposition: Sunk in collision with Sch. Augusta off Pt. Winnetka Illinois on September 8, 1860. Nearly 300 lives.

Notes:

Documented November 11, 1851. Said to have had name Lady Elgin painted on paddle boxes originally. Names in honor of wife of Lord Elgin, government general of Canada in 1847-1854.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Patchin & Appleby, Buffalo, New York

2) A. T. Spencer & Co., Chicago, Illinois (1856)

3) G. Hubbard, et. al., Chicago, Illinois (1860)

Registry number: US. (None too early)

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, sidewheel

Height: 14.3

Width: 33.7

Length: 252

Gross tonnage: 1037

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Beam

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