BIRCKHEAD, P. H. (1870, Steambarge)

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Identification

Vessel name:: BIRCKHEAD, P. H.
Year of Build:: 1870
Official Number:: 20400

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Marine City, MI
Vessel Type:: Steambarge; Note: 1 mast, center arch.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: David Lester
Original Owner and Location:: David Lester, et al, Marine City, MI

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: Twin engines driving single shaft 22 1/2" x 40", J.B. Woods, Detroit, 1869. 82" x 14 1/2' boilers, John Brennan, Detroit. 2 steamfire pumps.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 156.8'
Beam:: 27.9'
Depth:: 13.4'
Tonnage (gross):: 378

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Alpena, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 30 Sep 1905
How:: Burned & sank.
Notes:: May have been removed. Wreck sold March 26, 1907.

History

Chronology:

1870, Jul 29 Owned Toledo & Saginaw Transportation Company, Toledo, OH.

1870, Sep 1 Pulling tow of 10 vessels, a mile long.

1872 Improvments to machinery.

1873-1874 Rebuilt Chicago, with 2 decks, 156.8 x 27.9 x 13.4; 568.86 gross tons.

1883 Engines overhauled Marine City, MI; made fore & aft, 22 l/2 & 40 x 24", 390hp. Iron arches added, new 40' x 51" stack, 2 new boilers by Love & Schofield of Port Huron.

1887 Large Repairs.

1888 Owned Fredrick Louden & Jacob Swartz, East Saginaw, MI.

1889 New scotch boiler 11' x 13', from Wickes Brothers, Saginaw.

1895 May 4 Owned William F. Warren, et al, Tonawanda, NY. Rebuilt with 1 deck, 2 masts, 156.8 x 27.9 x 13.4; 540.34 gross tons /360.64 net tons.

1903 Aug 11 Owned James O'Connor, Tonawanda, NY.

1904 Rebuilt with one deck, 2 masts, 156.8' x 27.9' x 11.8'; 495 gross tons, 222 net tons.

1905, Sep 30 Burned & sank.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes News; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Loudon G. Wilson