Built at:

East Boothbay, ME

Vessel Type:

Propeller

Note: Passsenger & freight propeller.

Hull Materials:

Steel

Number of Decks:

2

Hull Number:

17

Builder Name:

Rice Brothers Corp.

Original Owner and Location:

Benton Transit Co., St. Joseph, MI

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Triple Expansion

# Cylinders:

3

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

13, 21 1/4 & 35 x 24" engine from Marine Iron Works, Chicago.

Length:

139'

Beam:

30'

Depth:

14.8'

Tonnage (gross):

606

Tonnage (net):

338

Built as ocean-going trawler, changed before completion to passenger & freight propeller. Ran Chicago-Benton Harbor.

1930 Owned Goodrich Transit Co., Chicago. Ran Beaver Island-Charlevoix, MI.

1936 Owned Island Transportation Co., Mackinac, MI. Renamed ALGOMAH II

1940 Rebuilt Bay City, MI.

c 1940s Owned Arnold Transit.

1962 Owned WASAC Waterways Corp., Cleveland, OH. Renamed ERIE QUEEN

1966 Owned Acme Scrap Metals, Cleveland.

c 1966 Owned Myles Rosenthal.

1969 Owned Pier Restaurants, Inc., New York City, NY. Towed to East 62nd Street on East River, made a nightclub "The Boat At The River's Edge".

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

John O. Greenwood

Peter J. VanderLinden