Also known as:

GENERAL WILLIAMS;COLONEL J.L. LUSK

Year of Build:

1884

Official Number:

126267

Built at:

Manitowoc, WI

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials:

Wood

Builder Name:

Rand & Burger

Master Carpenter:

Greenfield S. Rand

Original Owner and Location:

Charles Gnewuch & A.O. Wheeler, Manistee, Michigan

Propulsion:

Screw

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

24 x 26" 8 x 15' steel boiler

Length:

88.4'

Beam:

19.2'

Depth:

10.2'

Tonnage (gross):

104.64

Tonnage (net):

52.32

Final Location:

Windsor, Ontario. Detroit River

Date:

1925

How:

Abandoned & dismantled

1884, September 11 Enrolled, replaced burned CAROLINE WILLIAMS; used

for wrecking purposes

1891, July 6 Owned United States Government; GENERAL WILLIAMS;

98 x 19.4 x 9.8', 104 gross tons

1906 124.6 x 19.4 x 9.8, 169 gross tons

1908 Renamed COLONEL J.L.LUSK

1912 123.11 x 19.4 x 11', 295 tons

1922 Idle at Windsor, Ontario

1925 Abandoned; Pittsburg Coal Dock, Windsor; owned Gatfield & Malsey,

Windsor

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie