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