BLOOMER GIRL (1894, Excursion Vessel)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 16 x 20", 130hp @ 130rpm non-condensing engine, St. Joseph Iron Works. 6' x 11'6" firebox boiler.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Morgan Shoal, Chicago Harbor.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: 15 Jul 1914
How:: Stranded on shoal trying to unload passengers.
Final Cargo:: 200 passengers.
Notes:: Tried to be pulled off, but capsized & broken up by waves; no lives lost. 1914, Sep 30 Documents surrendered.

History

Chronology:

1890s Milwaukee-White Fish Bay Resort, MI.

1896, Apr 30 Owned F.J. Preston, Chicago IL.

1896, May 7 Owned Thomas Richardson, Milwaukee, WI.

1903, Apr 25 Renamed SILVER SPRAY.

1903, May 29 Owned O.E. Wilber, P.D. Campbell & W.F. Gill, Charlevoix, MI.

1909, Feb 2 Owned Wilbur F. Gill, Harbor Springs, MI.; "Little Traverse Bay Ferry Line."

1911, Jul 24 Owned Thomas Young, Chicago, IL; " Lincoln Park Boat Line".

1914, Mar 18 Owned Florence Miller & R. & O. Newton, Chicago.

1914, Jul 15 Wrecked.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; C. Patrick Labadie; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Contact

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