SILVER SPRAY (1889, Fish Tug)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SILVER SPRAY
Also known as:
CHARLOTTE
Year of Build:
1889
Official Number:
116262
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Fish Tug
Hull Materials:
Wood
Power
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
14 x 16", 220hp at 130rpm engine by Whitman & Company Engine Works, Buffalo, New York (1889) 5'10" x 10'6" AT 100 pounds steam, firebox boiler by Farrar & Treft, Buffalo, New York (1889)
Hull Dimensions
Length:
83.8'
Beam:
16.8'
Depth:
5.2'
Tonnage (gross):
112
Tonnage (net):
83
History
Chronology:

1898 Reduced to 98 gross tons

1899 Owned Ossian Bedell, Buffalo

1903, October 26 Reduced to 40 gross tons after burning to the keel at

dry dock, Buffalo

1911, March 15 Foundered on breakwater, Cleveland, Ohio, all hands (9)

lost by freezing in snowstorm; later repaired by Fix

Brothers, Buffalo; renamed CHARLOTTE; fished out of

Dunkirk, New York

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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