AURANIA (1895, Barge)

Year of Build:

1895

Official Number:

107186

Built at:

Chicago, IL

Vessel Type:

Barge

Hull Materials:

Steel

Number of Decks:

2

Builder Name:

Chicago Shipbuilding Co.

Original Owner and Location:

John Corrigan et al., Cleveland, ONT

Length:

352'

Beam:

44.2'

Depth:

21.9'

Tonnage (gross):

3113

Tonnage (net):

2909

Final Location:

Near Parisian Island, Whitefish Bay.
Lake Superior.

Date:

26 Apr 1909

How:

Sunk when holed by ice.

Final Cargo:

Coal.

Notes:

1909, May 7 Documents surrendered at Cleveland.

1895-1904 Owned John Corrigan et al, Cleveland, OH. Towed by steamer AURORA.

1896, Nov Grounded at Limekilns, Detroit River, lightened portion of coal cargo, towed to Chicago for repairs.

1898, Jul Collided with & sunk steamer ED SMITH NO.2 Lake St. Clair. Bows damaged.

1899 Converted to bulk freighter Detroit Dry Dock Co. Machinery installed Cleveland. Tonnage changed to 3218 gross/2899 net tons. Detroit Dry Dock Co. 17,27 1/2 & 46 x 36" triple-expansion engine, 700hp. 1-13'6" x 12' scotch boiler.

1904-1909 Owned Aurania Transit Co., Cleveland; John Corrigan, manager.

1909, Apr Sunk Lake Superior.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Peter J. VanderLinden