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Ship owner: Ives; O. Newberry

Ship builder: C. Worth, Detroit, Michigan

Year ship built: 1838

Year engine built: 1837

Final disposition: Lost in 1868 on Lake Huron. Sank off Port Austin on September 13, 1868.

Notes:

Engine to "Illinois" of 1853. "Illinois" of 1838 made into propellor in 1853.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) O. Newberry, Detroit, Michigan

2) Ives, Windsor, Ontario (1868)

Registry number: None-too early

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, sidewheel

Height: 13 ft.

Width: 29 ft.

Length: 205 ft.

Stroke length: 120 in.

Gross tonnage: 755

Materials: Wood

Engine type: L. P. Crosshead

Piston 1: 56 in.

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