AVON (1877, Package Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 54" & 26" cylinder, 36" stroke, 600hp @75rpm engine, King Iron Works, Buffalo, NY. 9' x 18' 1/2" thick boiler & 11' wheel by King Iron Works.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1877, Sep Launched, 267' overall; carried package freight Buffalo- Chicago & Milwaukee.

1881, Mar 30 Collision with THOMAS A. SCOTT in Milwaukee Bay, sinking the SCOTT.

1883, Nov 15 Stranded & damaged near Buffalo, NY after steering broke down.

1886 Received new steel crown arches.

1892, Fall Owned Union Transit Co.

1893, Jun 15 Lost steering & went aground, Sault Ste Marie.

1897, Sep Struck bottom, sank Lime-Kiln Crossing, Detroit River, heavy damages.

1901, Jun 30 Explosion & fire near Pt. Aux Pins, Lake Superior, loaded with grain.

1901 Rebuilt Buffalo, NY as bulk freighter.

1901, Oct 4 Owned Harahan Coal & Transportation Co.

1904 Owned John Hannan.

1906 Owned Ogdensburg Coal & Towing Co.

1918 Rebuilt Kingston, ONT; renamed STORMONT C105733.

1919, May 19 Owned Montreal Transportation Co.

1920, Nov 2 Sank in Morrisburg Canal, recovered.

1921 Shuttled, abandoned Kingston, ONT, graveyard.

1937 Wreck removed from Kingson & scuttled at Nine Mile Point Graveyard.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; C. Patrick Labadie; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Lorne Joyce; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden