PATHFINDER (1892, Whaleback)

Gallery

Description

Comments (0)

Identification

Vessel name:: PATHFINDER
Also known as:: PROGRESS
Year of Build:: 1892
Official Number:: 150598

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Superior, WI
Vessel Type:: Whaleback
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: American Steel Barge Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Samuel Mather et al, Cleveland, OH

Power

Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 3
Propulsion Notes:: 23, 37 & 62 x 92"; 1600hp @80 rpm engine by Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, MI(1892); scotch boilers 10'7" x 13' @160# steam by Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo, NY(1892).

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 320'
Beam:: 42'
Depth:: 25'
Tonnage (gross):: 2424
Tonnage (net):: 1761
Capacity:: 3000 tons

Final Disposition

Date:: 1934
How:: Scrapped.

History

Chronology:

1892, Jul 16 Launched; ran Buffalo to Duluth, MN with barge SAGAMORE.

1892, Sep Collision with steamer MINNEAPOLIS & schooner MASSASOIT at Detroit, MI.

1894, Jul 28 Sank schooner GLAD TIDINGS in collision Detroit River.

1899 Owned Huron Barge Co., Ashtabula, OH.

1906, Oct 28 Struck obstruction; broke wheel off at White Rock; released 5 days later.

1909, Aug Ashore Eagle River reef; released by FAVORITE.

1921 Renamed PROGRESS.

1930 Owned Nicholson Universal Steamship Co., Detroit; home port Fairport, OH; 2 induced draft scotch boilers; 13'9" x 11'6" @180# steam by American Ship Building Co., Cleveland, OH(1908).

1933 Abandoned.

1934 Scrapped.

Notes