Pacific - 19616

The wooden steamer "Pacific" was built at Cleveland in 1864 for the Buffalo & Cleveland Trans. Co. Bought by the Union Steamboat Co. 1866-1871, along with the "Arctic" and "Atlantic" and all three traded between Buffalo and Lake Superior ports. "Pacific" w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Ships - Great Lakes (North America)
Great Lakes (North America) - Navigation - History
Arctic
Deer Park
Pacific
Steamboat
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/169910
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Summary:The wooden steamer "Pacific" was built at Cleveland in 1864 for the Buffalo & Cleveland Trans. Co. Bought by the Union Steamboat Co. 1866-1871, along with the "Arctic" and "Atlantic" and all three traded between Buffalo and Lake Superior ports. "Pacific" was sold about 1883 and cut down to a lumber and coal boat. On. Nov. 15, 1887, she was stranded at Deer Park, Michigan, Lake Superior with lumber destined for Michigan City, Indiana. No lives were lost.

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