SHENANGO NO. 2 (1895, Car Ferry (Rail Ferry))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SHENANGO NO. 2
Also known as:
MUSKEGON;PERE MARQUETTE 16;HARRIET B.
Year of Build:
1895
Official Number:
116695
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Toledo, OH
Vessel Type:
Car Ferry (Rail Ferry)
Note: 2 stacks, twin screws aft & 1 forward for ice breaking, plain head, round stern; sister of SHENANGO NO. 1.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Craig Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
United States & Ontario Steam Navigation Co., Toledo
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:
4
# Boilers:
4
# Propellers:
3
Propulsion Notes:
Two 23 + 46 x 36", 1,250hp @ 100rpm engines by Samuel F. Hodge Works, Detroit, MI, 1895. 12 x 12' @ 135# steam, scotch boilers by Cleveland, OH, 1895.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
282.6'
Beam:
53'
Depth:
19.4'
Tonnage (gross):
1,938.12
Tonnage (net):
1,317.92
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Two Harbors, MI.
Lake Superior.
Date:
3 May 1922
How:
Collision.
Final Cargo:
Pulpwood.
GPS:
Latitude: 46 degrees 58' 50" Longitude: 91 degrees 42' 40"
Notes:
Struck by steel freighter QUINCY A. SHAW & sunk while anchored in fog.
History
Chronology:

Built to carry cars from Conneaut, OH to Port Dover, ONT.

1895, Nov 30 First enrolled Toledo, OH.

1898, Oct 20 Collided with dock & elevator of American Malting Co. at Milwaukee, WI, Lake Michigan.

1898, Dec 9 Owned Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Rail Road Co., Muskegon, MI; renamed MUSKEGON.

1900 Ran into ice & rudder broke in gale.

1901, Oct 1 Owned Pere Marquette Rail Road Co., Muskegon.

1901, Oct 9 Renamed PERE MARQUETTE 16.

1901, Dec 21 Sunk Ludington, MI, Lake Michigan; raised.

1904, Jan 9 Owned Pere Marquette Steamship Co., Manitowoc, WI.

1906, Apr 19 Owned Pere Marquette Railroad Co., Ludington, MI.

1917, Apr 28 Owned Peter Edwards, Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

1918, Feb 27 Owned Hammermill Paper Co., Erie, PA.

1918, Mar 21 Cut down to bulk freighter for pulpwood trade; Renamed HARRIET B.

1921, Jan 18 Reduced to barge; 1 deck, 3 masts, plain head, square stern; 2,340 gross/ 2,072 net tons.

1922, May 3 Sunk off Two Harbors, MN in collision with steamer QUINCY A SHAW.

1922, May 11 Documents surrendered, Erie, PA.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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