ADVENTURER (1895, Tug (Towboat))

Year of Build:

1895

Official Number:

107174

Built at:

Two Harbors, MN

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Original Owner and Location:

Alexander Strand, Two Harbors, MN

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

16 x 18", 125hp at 120 rpm. Built by Phoenix Iron Works, Port Huron. 1 Firebox 5'4" x 12', 100#.

Length:

51.42'

Beam:

11.16'

Depth:

6.25'

Tonnage (gross):

16.32

Final Location:

Near Ontonagon Lighthouse, Ontonagon, MI. Lake Superior

Date:

16 Dec 1906

How:

Wrecked

Final Cargo:

None

Notes:

Broke from tug TRAMP, drifted ashore. Abandoned, dismantled.

1906, Dec 16 Wrecked near Ontonagon Lighthouse, Ontonagon, MI, Lake Superior.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Great Lakes Register

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Peter J. VanderLinden