SUPERIOR (1873, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SUPERIOR
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
115158
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Gibraltar, MI
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Note: Plain head & round stern
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Linn & Craig
Original Owner and Location:
Western Transportation & Coal Company, Detroit, Michigan
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
187.8'
Beam:
33.1'
Depth:
12.2'
Tonnage (gross):
586.7
Final Disposition
Final Location:
1 mile west of Gull Island Light, Lake Michigan
Date:
28 Aug 1898
How:
Stranded
Final Cargo:
Iron ore
Notes:
Bound Escanaba, Michigan for Toledo, Ohio Seams opened in heavy wave & she began to sink; ran into shallows on Gull while trying to make for Beavers
History
Chronology:

Towed SANDUSKY for many years

1873, May 28 First launched

1873 In iron ore trade

1877, April 26 Drydocked & caulked, Detroit, Michigan

1878, May 25 Rebuilt with 2 decks; 854.59 gross tons, 785.44 net tons;

owned A. Bradley, et.al., Cleveland, Ohio

1879 1 HPNC engine, 28 x 34"; two tubular boilers, 6'10" x 17', 95

pounds steam, Detroit Locomotive Works, Detroit

1881, April 29 Extensive changes in cabin

1883, May 23 Owned Bradley Transportation Company, et.al., Cleveland

1888, April 21 Rebuilt; 187.8 x 33.1 x 19.5', 964.4 gross tons, 838.35

net tons; fore & aft compound, 20 & 38 x 24", Cleveland

Ship Building Company, Cleveland; 1 firebox boiler,

9.5 x 15'

1889, June Aground Nipigon Bay, Ontario, Lake Superior

1889, July 2 Received new shoe, West Superior, Wisconsin

1898, August 28 Stranded near Gull Island, Lake Michigan

1899, February 7 Documents surrendered, Cleveland, "loss of vessel"

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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