Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Lord Elgin (1845)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Lord Elgin
Also known as:
Syracuse
Year of Build:
1845
Official Number:
33457
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, New York
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
153
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada
How:
Wrecked
History
Chronology:

Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1852) as Syracuse

116x21x10 Owned by M. W. Browne, Hamilton 1852; then various partnerships. Used mostly on Lake Ontario. Had "only three staterooms". Smashed into gates Beauharnois Canal 25/11/53 racing "Crescent" for lock, causing sudden end to navigation for that year. Wrecked 02/12/56 Long Point, Lakle Ontario.

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Lord Elgin (1845)