FROST, WALTER L. (1883, Package Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: 2 stacks.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Detroit Drydock Co.
Master Carpenter:: Captain J. C. Parker
Original Owner and Location:: Ogdensburg Transit Co., Ogdensburg, NY
Ownership Notes:: One of the first vessels especially designed for the New Welland Canal.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 27", 44" x 40, 725hp, 75rpm engine, Dry Dock Engine Works, 1883. 8' x 15.5', 98# steam firebox boilers, Desotelle & Hutton, Detroit or Dry Dock Boiler Works, Detroit 1883. 10' 6" propeller.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1884, May 28 Owned Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad.

1885, Mar 29 The charter of above owner did not allow it to own steamers, the boats were sold under the hamnmer to Detroit Dry Dock Co.

1886, Apr 1 Owned Detroit Dry Dock Line.

1886, Jul 12 Owned Vermont Central Railway.

1903, Nov 4 Stranded on rocky reef off South Manitou Island; owned Rutland Transit Co.

1903, Nov 6 Wrecking tug FAVORITE started operations.

1903, Nov 8 Forced to scuttle her due to a sudden storm.

1903, Nov 11 Thought to be broken in two, crew taken off in safety. Noted total loss.

1904, Sep 14 Wrecker MANISTIQUE arrived, began to raise her; was not broken in two.

1904, Sep 21 Went to pieces in southeast storm, later abandoned, total loss.

1905, Aug 17 Owned Bennet & Schnorbach Contracting Co.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; Donald V. Baut; Beesons Marine Directory; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Annual Reports, U. S. Life-Saving Service