SCRANTON (1888, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: SCRANTON
Also known as:: TEN; NINE; STARBUCK
Year of Build:: 1888
Official Number:: 116235

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: Double bottom ballast tanks, watertight bulkheads, steel boiler house, electric lights.
Hull Materials:: Iron
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Cleveland Shipbuilding Company
Original Owner and Location:: Lakawanna Transportation Company, Buffalo, NY

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 19, 30 & 54 x 40" stroke, 800hp, @ 78rpm engine 2 11' 6" x 11', 150# steam scotch boilers, Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland, OH

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 260'
Beam:: 39'
Depth:: 24' 6"
Tonnage (old style):: 2,015
Tonnage (gross):: 1,595

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Fort William, Ontario
Date:: 1957
How:: Scrapped

History

Chronology:

1888 Built to carry package freight, Lake Erie ports-Lake Michigan.

1888, Sep Struck bottom, Detroit River; holed bottom; repaired, Detroit.

1900 Chartered to Canada, Atlantic Transit Co., ran Depot Harbor, Georgian Bay to Milwaukee and Chicago.

1905 Operated by Lake Transit Co., Buffalo; ran Lake Erie-Lake Michigan ports.

1911 Operated by Buffalo Tansit Co., same route.

1913 Owned Sidney C. McLouth's River Transit Company, Marine City, MI; carried bagged cement for Huron Cement Co. from plants around Great Lakes.

1924 Chartered to Minnesota, Atlantic Transit Co., Duluth, MN; ran Duluth-Buffalo.

1927 Owned Minnesota Atlantic Transit Co.; renamed TEN, part of "Poker Fleet".

1934 Renamed NINE.

1941 Owned Steel Company of Canada; was to be scrapped but, purchased by Powell Transports, Ltd, Winnepeg, MAN; renamed STARBUCK, official C173515; ran grain trade Lake Superior-Georgian Bay.

1956 Laid up, Fort William, ONT.

1958 Owned Knudsen Shipbuilding Co., Duluth, scrapped.

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