The vessel
Show on the chart- Type
- Wood Prop
- Built
- 1862, Willam Crostwaite, Buffalo, N.Y
- Gross tonnage
- 887
- Net tonnage
- 569
- Owner
- Jas. Davidson Steamship Co. West Bay, Mich
- Captain
- Thomas E. Black
- Cargo
- Lumber
- Date lost
- Aug 20, 1893
- Cause of loss
- Fire
- Lives lost
- 0
- PHMC site number
- 36ER0337 ( http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/ )
Position 42.23277, -79.85972 (as charted by RSC, from the Regional Science Consortium shipwreck map)
Recorded location: 42 13 .966 N 79 51 .583 W Off North East, Pa
The wreck today
One of Erie's easiest wrecks to visit is the 200 foot (787 ton) wooden steamship Oneida. Oneida lies in approximately 5 feet of water near the beach west of Freeport where she was run aground while on fire on August 20, 1893. Official reports claim that the vessel's engine caught fire in mid lake near Ripley, after clearing the Buffalo harbor for Cleveland to pick up a load of lumber. Oneida had b