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EXCURSION
. • 1837.
1848.
Bt;)ATS
The
ON LAKE ERIE:
MANHATTAN:
Sidwheeeler �::
THE CITY OF BUFFALO:
1857- 61.
Sidewheeler:: :
: :
information from the Buffalo
Centennialru Issue June 1st.,
by Mike Vogel .
News
1980
a two stack sidewheeler. Built at the John
Carri c k Shipyards.
Charles Reed a stockholder had the name c hanged
to the BUFFALO a nd she serv e d 11 yrs. before
being converted to a sailing rig and being lost
in a storm in Michigan.
The City of buffalo was bui1t 1857 by Bidwell
and Banta Boat of Buffalo. She was 331 ft. long
and because of her rich fixtures, marbel topped
tables, rosewood furnishings, a founta in , nursery,
baths , washrooms and even water closets; she was
c alled a floating palace. Financial pa ni c in the
1850's was her downfall and her service lasted
one year. She did however make several other runs
in 1859,
60,
& 61.
In 1863
her
en,gine was
taken
out, her upper deck and cabins Were removed and .
she was c on v erted to a bulk freigr1ter. She was
later converted from a sidewheeler to propeller,
and in 1866 was burned in a blaze in Buffalo.
Her hull was used in the c o ns tru c t i on of a b'arge
whi ch was abandoned at Port Huron, Mich. in 1875.
1870 IS:
After
several years of inacti v ity on the lakes,
there was a resurge of Lake Boats in service .
: :
._871.
India: China:
This year the sister ships the
All three were 210 ft.
and Japan were launched.
long and could carry 120 passengers.
N,ewfoundland.
THE INDIA
Ended her days in
Japan:
Scrapped in Ham il t on 1935 after being converted
a Canadian barg e
l87:k �1935 . 1871- 1935.
1890 IS:::
The
to
.
Century several other ships
Before the turn of the
operated on Lake Eri.e�:: City' of Cleveland:
Erie: City of Detroit: City of Buffalo.
City of
City of Buffalo
1895-
City of Buffalo built 1895 in D e t ro i t
.. She measured 308 ft. long and
her paddlewheels were more t han 30 ft. in di a me t e r
She could carry 800 tons of general merc handi c e
and 3,000 passengers. She had a 250 ft. grand saloon
public and private dining rQoms 1and lhO s..tate�ooms
wnarr 193�
with 640 berths.Burned a� Cleve ana
The
__
.
GREATER
' . 'J'fil:
_
;
• 24 .
BUFFALO
The City of Cleveland
1890's
srrapped July 1940
ft.
Built at a cost of $3-5 million she was 550
ship
ng
Later converted into an aircraft traini
named U'.S.S. Sable 1943. Scrapped 1948�
Became a barge ib
1955.
long
�THE GREA.TER DETROIT
1925
-
1956
THE HAMONIC
:e;KEEWATIN
'.Paddlewheeler
Used to relieve sho�tage of Hotel rooms( for world
series 1945.Set on fire Dec. 12, 1956.
Destroyed by
Last run
fire
in Sarnia
Ont.
July 17, 1945.
1965.
NORONIC
ALABAMA
ASSINIBOIA
Eatern States.
Started
as a Michigan passanger ship,
out
of Buffalaf sailing to
in Chicago, scraped 1961.
Last run
1947.
operated
Floating Casino
1965.
Set on fire Dec.
12, 1956
on the St.
along with the Eastern States
Clair Lake
.
NORGAMA
NORTH AMERICAN
Put up for sale 1962, end±ng her visits to Buffalo
Went to Erie Penn. in 1963 for excursions to Canada.
SOUTH AMERICAN
The last and best loved of the lake boats.She served
the Buffalo Chicago route later Duluth.Her last run
on the lake was 1967.
She was an eligent whit e liner built in 1914,
371 ft. i.n length. Fitted with inlaid wood, elegant
1914- 1967.
mirrors
and carpeted passages.
She endes
her days
in a new Jersey scrap yard.
The
AQUARAY..A
A full sized liner visited Buffalo in 1956 & 1958.
In the
6 01s and 70's the era of the big liner was
gone and
the residents
of the
Niagara frontier were
more used to seeing small sight-seeing boats,
like
·
the Bridget Ann, the Bµffalo Beau or the Streamliner
These boats were used more for short cruises on the
river.
Miss Buffalo is the serving heir of the
passanger service on the lake.
L
ake ONTARIO
was gone but in it's plaee , the
The CAYUGA
Cayuga
11 wen:c, into operation for trips across the
lake to Toronto.
�
In 1980 hyd ro foil service went into operation,
Niagara on the Lake to Toronto.
from
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Fort Erie
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