PINE LAKE (1895, Steambarge)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Charlevoix, MI
Vessel Type:: Steambarge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Pine Lake Lumber Company
Master Carpenter:: Edward Roney
Built on Bottom of:: IDA M. TORRENT (US110469)
Original Owner and Location:: Charlevoix Lumber Company, Charlevoix, Michigan

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 16 + 30 x 24" stroke, 250hp at 118rpm, built by Wilson & Hendrie, Montague, Michigan 9' x 121", 115 pounds steam, firebox boiler built by Johnston Brothers, Ferrysburg, Michigan

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Off Belle Isle, Detroit River
Date:: 21 Oct 1912
How:: Collision
Notes:: Collided with steamer FLEETWOOD, sunk in channel, loss of one life Hulk later dynamited as hazard to navigation

History

Chronology:

1895 Enrolled at Grand Haven, Michigan

1908 Owned John Hickler, Buffalo, New York

1909 Owned John M. McKerchey, Detroit

1910 Same owner, made into sand sucker at William Oades Shipyard,

Detroit

1912 Owned E.P. Merritt, Detroit

1912, November 10 Documents surrendered at Detroit, "vessel lost"

Notes