ADELE (1889, Tug (Towboat))

Year of Build:

1889

Official Number:

107191

Built at:

Mount Clemens, MI

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

William Dulac

Original Owner and Location:

William Dulac, Mount Clemens, MI

Propulsion:

Screw

Length:

48.4'

Beam:

10.4'

Depth:

3.6'

Tonnage (gross):

9.65

Final Location:

Drummond Island, MI
Lake Huron

Date:

14 Jun 1936

How:

Burned

Notes:

Burned at dock, no detail.

Built to use as river & shipyard tug.

1895, Sep 11 First enrolled Port Huron, MI.

Date Unknown Converted from steam engine to gas motor.

1911, Jun 26 Documents surrendered Port Huron, vessel "abandoned as unfit for service."

1936, Jun 14 Burned at dock, Drummond Island, MI, Lake Huron

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Great Lakes Register

Newspaper Clippings

Lorne Joyce

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley