SUPERIOR (1890, Ferry)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Ferry; Note: Sister DULUTH
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Cleveland Dry Dock Company
Original Owner and Location:: Duluth & Superior Steam Ship Company, Duluth, Minnesota

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 20 & 38 x 24", 425hp, 115rpm engine by Cleveland Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1890 9.5 x 15', 120 pounds steam, firebox boiler by Cleveland Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1890 Iron lined boiler house

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Stag Island, St.Clair River
Date:: 6 May 1922
How:: Burned
Notes:: Caught fire while underway, beached on Stag Island & burned to water's edge

History

Chronology:

1893, March 30 Chartered to be put into World's Fair service

1895, April 16 Owned Euclid Beach Park Company, Cleveland, Ohio

1899 Owned E.W. Carleton, Cleveland

1903 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Company, Cleveland

1916 Owned Pringle Barge Line Company, Cleveland; rebuilt as tug,

199 gross tons, 53 net tons

1917 Renamed WALTER R. PRINGLE

1920, May 6 Burned, Stag Island, St.Clair River

Notes