Also known as:

JAMES BEARD

Year of Build:

1873

Official Number:

80343

Built at:

AuSable, MI

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Penoyer or Wm. Dixon

Original Owner and Location:

Reginald Morrison, AuSable, MI.

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

17 x 18", 220hp, 120rpm engine, AuSable, MI (1873). 6 x 12' firebox boiler.

Length:

73.5'

Beam:

17.2'

Depth:

4.8'

Tonnage (gross):

45

Tonnage (net):

37

Date:

21 Jun 1927

How:

Abandoned.

1873, May 20 Enrolled Port Huron Customs District.

1874 Repaired.

1876 Owned Henry McMorran et al, Port Huron, MI.

1879 Rebuilt as ferry, 75.5 x 17.2 x 6.3', 2 decks, 86.79 gross tons; (21'6" beam?), Fitzgerald's Yard; ran Port Huron & Sarnia, ONT.

1882, Apr Overhauled.

1882, May 1 Renamed JAMES BEARD.

1890 Owned Moffat et al, Port Huron.

1891 Owned Port Huron & Sarnia Ferry Company.

1902 Repaired & recaulked.

1927 Abandoned due to age, Port Huron or Sarnia.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie