ELLIOTT, JAMES R. (1902, Tug (Towboat))

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Identification

Vessel name:: ELLIOTT, JAMES R.
Also known as:: NORMAC
Year of Build:: 1902
Official Number:: 77566

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Huron, MI
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Jenks S.B. Co.
Original Owner and Location:: City of Detroit, Fire Department, Detroit, MI.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 2 18 x 20" double HPNC, 750hp @ 160rpm from Fire Tug DETROITER, built Cowles Engine Co., Brooklyn, NY, 1892.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 110'
Beam:: 25'
Depth:: 12'
Tonnage (gross):: 210
Tonnage (net):: 114

History

Chronology:

1902, Nov 29 Launched.

1902/1930 Commissioned as Fire Tug for City of Detroit.

1931 Owned Owen Sound Transportation Co., renamed NORMAC, C154621; rebuilt as ferry; repowered, 5 cylinder 12" x 15" diesel; built by Fairbanks Morse & Co., Beloit, WI.

1968, Sep Last run as ferry.

1969 Taken to Toronto, ONT.

1970 Owned John Letnik; converted to "Captain John's Harbor Boat Restaurant".

1981, Jun 2 Struck by ferry TRILLIUM, holed.

1981, Jun 16 Patched, leaked & sunk at dock; stripped; hull left on bottom.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Great Lakes Register; John O. Greenwood; C. Patrick Labadie; Newspaper Clippings

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