PILLSBURY (1892, Whaleback)

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Identification

Vessel name:: PILLSBURY
Also known as:: CORT, HENRY
Year of Build:: 1892
Official Number:: 150587

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: W. Superior, WI
Vessel Type:: Whaleback; Note: 6 watertight bulkheads
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: American Steel Barge Co.
Original Owner:: Minneapolis, St. Paul and Buffalo SS Co.

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 3
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 23, 37 + 62 x 42", 1,400hp @ 78rpm engine, S. F. Hodge Co., Detroit, MI 11' 6" x 13' @ 160# steam scotch boilers, Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo, (1892)

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 320'
Beam:: 42'
Depth:: 25'
Tonnage (gross):: 2,234
Tonnage (net):: 1,571

Final Disposition

Final Location:: entrance Muskegon, MI harbor. Lake Michigan
Date:: 30 Nov 1934
How:: stranded
Notes:: stranded in gale, sunk, broke up; crew rescued by USCG cutter ESCANABA

History

Chronology:

1892, Jun 25 Launched

1892, Aug 17 First trip

1892, Oct 14 Collision, steamer NAHANT in Straits

1894 Several unsuccessful freights.

1894, Aug 4 Aground head Hay Lake Channel, Sault.

1896, Apr 18 Owned Bessemer Steamship Co., Duluth MN.

1896, Jun 16 Renamed HENRY CORT.

1901 Owned Pittsburg Steam Ship Co.

1917, Dec Sunk, Detroit River by MIDVALE; salvaged; repaired Toledo, OH.

1918 Rebuilt Conneaut, OH; 1 deck with arches, trunk type hull; 4 watertight bulkheads; 2 13' 9" x 11' @ 160# steam scotch boilers, Marine Iron Works, Toledo, OH (1911)

1927 Stranded Colchester Reef; cranes installed.

1930 Owned Lakesport shipping and Navigation Co., Detroit.

1933 Holed by Ice; sunk Nicholson dock, Detroit, steel laden.

1934, Nov 30 Stranded, sunk Lake Michigan.

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