LAKE SHORE (1901, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 22, 35 + 58 x 42", 1480hp @ 85rpm, Detroit Ship Building Co., Detroit, MI (1901). 13'2" x 11'6" @ 170# steam scotch boiler, American Ship Building Co., Cleveland, OH (1901).

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Keweenaw Point, MI.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 8 Dec 1927
How:: Wrecked.
Notes:: Bound Owen Sound, ONT for Fort William, ONT; she parted wheel chains & stranded on Keweenaw Point, MI; crew rescued by U.S.C.G. CRAWFORD Dec 11, 1927. 1942 Vessel cut up for scrap; wheelhouse became a summer cottage.

History

Chronology:

1903 Owned Gilchrist Transportation Co., Cleveland, OH.

1904, Jul 1 Aground Racine, WI, Lake Michigan with coal; released.

1905, Nov 6 Collision with schooner PENOBSCOT, St. Clair Flats.

1913 Owned Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland; renamed INDUS.

1926 Owned Paterson Steamship Ltd., Fort William, ONT; renamed ALTADOC C116577; 3815 gross / 2873 net tons.

1927, Dec 8 Wrecked Lake Superior.

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