1816
The Enterprise met its demise sometime during summer 1816. When at Shippingport, Kentucky, below the falls of the Ohio River, the Enterprise was anchored by its captain in deep water because the water above the falls was low. The captain went by land to Pittsburgh and hired two men to tend the ship. However, one of the men went ashore and the other got drunk and neglected the pumps, and the seams of the boat opened in hot weather. The Enterprise filled and sank to the bottom of the river, where it remained.
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