Niagara (palace steamer)
 The Niagara was a 245-foot (75 m) long sidewheel palace steamer launched in 1846. Like the others of its kind it carried passengers and cargo around the North American Great Lakes. It was owned by the Collingwood Line.On September 23 1856 the Niagara left Sheboygan Wisconsin headed for Port Washington Wisconsin on Lake Michigan carrying 170 passengers and a heavy load of cargo.