PORTER, LLOYD S. (1893, Steambarge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PORTER, LLOYD S.
Year of Build:
1893
Official Number:
141264
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Huron, MI
Vessel Type:
Steambarge
Note: Diagonal steel straps; steam pumps.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Hull Number:
5
Builder Name:
Jenks Shipbuilding Co.
Master Carpenter:
A.M. Carpenter
Original Owner and Location:
Jenks Shipbuilding Co., Port Huron, MI
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
16, 32 X 26", 400 hp @ 129 rpm engine built by Phoenix Iron Works, Port Huron, 1892. 8'X 12', 128# steam, firebox boiler built by Phonix Iron Works, 1893.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
159'
Beam:
30.6'
Depth:
10.7'
Tonnage (gross):
536.08
Tonnage (net):
412.21
Capacity:
450,000' lumber or 650 tons
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Little Sodus Bay
Lake Ontario.
Date:
11 May 1917
How:
Scuttled.
Notes:
Caught fire loading coal at North Fairhaven, NY; towed into bay & scuttled.
History
Chronology:

1893, Mar 11 Launched; lumber trade.

1898-1902 To Atlantic Coast.

1898, Oct 23 Collided with & sunk by steamer TURRET AGE near St. Croix, QUE, St. Lawrence River; raised by Donnelly Wrecking & Salavage Co.

1900, May 1 Owned John Hannan, Ogdensburg, NY.

1901, May 6 Owned Arthur Hepburn, Picton, ONT; C94927; 159.7 X 10; 488.63 gross / 379.45 registered tons.

1905, Mar 2 Owned Bernard & Jas. Hepburn, Picton.

1905, Apr 17 Owned Ontario & Quebec Navigation Co., Ltd.

1914, Apr 11 Owned Alphonse A. Larscque, Montreal, QUE.

1917, May 10-11 Burned; owned Sincennes-McNaughton Co.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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