ABBOTT, H.B. (1889, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ABBOTT, H.B.
Year of Build:
1889
Official Number:
96005
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
O'Grady and Maher
Original Owner and Location:
Maytham's Line, Buffalo, NY
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
Cylinder Dimension: 21" x 24" Boiler Dimension: 7'6" x 14' 330 hp @ 115 rpm Built by Sutton Bros., Buffalo
Hull Dimensions
Length:
65'
Beam:
16.6'
Depth:
9.4'
Tonnage (gross):
56
Tonnage (net):
28
Final Disposition
Date:
1914
How:
Abandoned
History
Chronology:

1890, April 14 Enrolled at Port Huron owned H.W. Sibley and Bearinger, East Saginaw, MI.

1891 Owned J.M.U. Thompson.

1892 Owned Charlotte Thompson of Duluth.

1895 Owned Walter H. Singer of Duluth.

1897 Owned White Line Towing Co. of Duluth.

1904 Burned at Duluth, MN, Lake Superior.

1905, September 14 Wreck rebuilt at Duluth.

1914 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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