TUTTLE, HORACE A. (1887, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TUTTLE, HORACE A.
Year of Build:
1887
Official Number:
95908
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Cleveland Dry Dock Company
Original Owner and Location:
H.J. Johnson, Cleveland, Ohio
Ownership Notes:
Alexander Campbell, J.H. Palmer & Ezra Nicholson
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
28 + 50 x 42
Hull Dimensions
Length:
250'
Beam:
38.8'
Depth:
20'
Tonnage (gross):
1585.12
Tonnage (net):
1354.95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Blocked harbor, Michigan City, Indiana, Lake Michigan
Date:
26 Oct 1898
How:
Wrecked
Final Cargo:
Grain
Notes:
Bound Chicago, Illinois to Buffalo, New York became waterlogged & wrecked in a severe gale 1898, November 10 Engines removed by Crosby Transportation Company 1899 Wrecked removed by James Reid's tug PROTECTOR
History
Chronology:

1887, April 29 Enrolled Cleveland, Ohio

1887, July 19 Owned H.J. Johnson, et.al., Cleveland

1889, November 2 Stranded shoal near Northwestern fuel dock, Duluth,

Minnesota

1890, April Towed barge F.W.WHEELER

1891, March 25 Owned Philip J. Minch, et.al., Cleveland

1895, April 6 Owned Nicholas Transit Company, et.al., Willoughby

Township, Ohio

1898, October 26 Wrecked, Lake Michigan

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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