STREET, CHARLES A. (1888, Steambarge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
STREET, CHARLES A.
Year of Build:
1888
Official Number:
126485
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Grand Haven, MI
Vessel Type:
Steambarge
Note: one stack, diagonal steel straps, iron lined boiler house
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Duncan Robertson
Original Owner and Location:
Charles Lang et al, Chicago
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
20 + 36 x 36", 425hp @ 98rpm, Montague Iron Works (1888) 11 x 12' @ 130# steam scotch boiler, Johnston Brothers, Ferrysburg, MI
Hull Dimensions
Length:
163.2'
Beam:
32'
Depth:
13.3'
Tonnage (gross):
697.62
Tonnage (net):
630
Final Disposition
Final Location:
11 miles N. Port Sanilac light
Lake Huron
Date:
20 Jul 1908
How:
burned
Final Cargo:
lumber
Notes:
Towing barge J. GODFREY was destroyed in an offshore fire; crew rescued by GODFREY
History
Chronology:

1888, Apr 16 Launched; cost $45,000.

1888, May 21 Enrolled Grand Haven, MI; coal and iron ore trade.

1889, Apr 2 Readmeasured 165.3 x 31.4 x 12', 512.37 gross/450.68 net tons; towed barges HALSTED and HOMER.

1889, Jun Ashore, dense fog, 35 miles NW Duluth, MN with CITY OF CLEVELAND and schooner JOHN MARTIN; released by RECORD.

1890, Apr 4 Owned William H. Loufit et al, Grand Haven, MI.

1892, Oct 18 Owned Huron Transportation Co., Buffalo, NY.

1893, Apr 14 Owned William Dulac et al, Mt. Clemens, MI; towed barges NELSON BLOOM, J. B. LOZEN and JEREMIAH GODFREY.

1896 Towed W. S. CROSWAITE.

1903, Mar 9 Owned John B. Lozen, et al, New Baltimore, MI.

1906 Ashore with two consorts on shoals 2 miles W. Cove Island, heavy fog; bound for Owen Sound, ONT with coal.

1908, Jul 20 Burned Lake Huron.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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