Built at:

Buffalo, NY

Vessel Type:

Package Freighter

Note: Channel system framing.

Hull Materials:

Steel

Number of Decks:

2

Hull Number:

100

Builder Name:

Buffalo Ship Building Co.

Original Owner and Location:

Western Transit Co., Buffalo, NY.

Power:

Mechanical

Number of Masts:

2

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Quadruple Expansion

# Cylinders:

4

# Boilers:

3

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

19, 27.5, 48 & 58" x 42" engine by Detroit Ship Building Co. 11'6" x 11'1" scotch boiler at 210 pounds steam, Detroit Ship Building Co.

Length:

325'

Beam:

44'

Depth:

28'

Tonnage (gross):

3195

Tonnage (net):

2546

Capacity:

5,000 tons

Final Location:

Michipicoten Island.
Lake Superior.

Date:

23 Oct 1929

How:

Stranded.

Final Cargo:

Mixed freight.

Notes:

Stranded on rocks, abandoned; broken up & sank in later storms.

Near sister to MILWAUKEE (1902) & UTICA (1904); intended to trade from Buffalo, NY to ports on Lake Michigan & Lake Superior.

1901, Sep 21 Launched.

1915 Owned Great Lakes Transit Corporation.

During W.W. I Operated by U.S. Railroad Administration; assigned temporarily to Lehigh Valley Fleet.

1920 Returned to Great Lakes Transit Corporation.

1929, Oct 22 Stranded & wrecked.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley