WORTHINGTON, H. LUELLA (1880, Steambarge)

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Identification

Vessel name:: WORTHINGTON, H. LUELLA
Also known as:: NESSEN, N.J.
Year of Build:: 1880
Official Number:: 95603

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Steambarge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: H.D. Root
Original Owner and Location:: George H. & J.M. Worthington, Amherst & Elyria, OH

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 26.5 x 30" engine from METEOR. 70# steam, tubular marine boiler by Cuyahoga Iron Works (1863) from METEOR.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 148.6'
Beam:: 27.9'
Depth:: 11.5'
Tonnage (gross):: 375.45
Tonnage (net):: 319

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Pigeon Bay, near Leamington, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:: 22 Oct 1929
How:: Wrecked.
Final Cargo:: Scrap iron.
Notes:: Broke in two & sank in gale; crew rescued by local fisherman. 1894 Bell & other remains salvaged; bell in exhibit in Leamington, ONT.

History

Chronology:

1880, Jul 24 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1881, Apr 25 Enrolled Detroit; 2 decks, 150.2 x 27.9 x 19.1', 647.06 gross/ 558.5 net tons; towed GOLDEN FLEECE, J.E. GILMORE, EXILE & G. SHERMAN.

1881, Summer Towed G.W. DAVIS Cleveland to Duluth, MN.

1884 Towed barge SHAWNEE & MARQUETTE in Ashtabula ore trade.

1885 19 + 36 x 30", 325hp @ 90rpm fore & aft compound engine by Wilson & Hendrie; 8'6" x 16' @ 90# steam, firebox boiler by Montague.

1886, Mar 2 Owned Spalding Lumber Co., Cedar River, MI.

1886, Apr 15 Made lumber barge, 1 deck, 148.6 x 27.9 x 11.5', 375.45 gross/ 319.61 net tons; towed WILLIAM JONES & JOHN B. WILBUR, Green Bay, WI to Chicago, IL.

1898 Towed D.R. MARTIN & TRACY J. BRONSON.

1899, Feb 14 Owned S.R. Chamberlain, Chicago.

1902, Mar 21 Owned Chamberlain Transportation Co, Chicago.

1902, Aug 27 Owned Thomas Bradwell, Chicago.

1902, Nov 22 Owned John O. Nessen & Andrew J. Dovel, Manistee, MI.

1903, may 21 Renamed N.J. NESSEN; 148.6 x 37 x 11.5', 440 gross/ 368 net tons.

1904, Apr 1 Owned Nessen Transportation Co., Michigan City, IN.

1907, Apr Sunk by ice Chatham, ONT.

1919 Sank to decks near Meaford, Georgian Bay; carried 513 short tons lumber.

1924, Feb 5 Owned Clara Bradley, Buffalo, NY.

1924, Mar 28 Owned Bradley-Huber Transit Co., Buffalo.

1924, Sep 22 Owned Elbert H. Binghman & Douglas Campbell, Detroit, MI; 312 IHP.