SPRAGUE, H.C. (1880, Barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SPRAGUE, H.C.
Year of Build:
1880
Official Number:
42652
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
South Rockwood, MI
Vessel Type:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Captain Peter Smith
Original Owner and Location:
Milan & Sprague, Toledo, Ohio
Hull Dimensions
Length:
145.4'
Beam:
29.9'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (gross):
316
Tonnage (net):
300
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Algonac, Michigan, Saint Clair River
Date:
9 Apr 1911
How:
Fire; total loss
History
Chronology:

1892 Made a 2 mast schooner-barge at Toledo, Ohio by Bailey Brothers

1905 Owned H.D. Clow, Duluth, Minnesota

1905-1906 Rebuilt as screw propelled sand dredge by William Nicholson,

Duluth; 146 x 30 x 9.3', 480 gross tons; 20 x 22" HPNC

engine by Enterprize (sic) Works, Chicago, Illinois

1906, May 5 Renamed RELIANCE

1909, December 10 Damaged by ice & sank in St.Clair River

1910 Salvaged by Oscar E. Fleming, Windsor, Ontario; taken to

S.Jenkins Shipyard at Windsor for repairs; registered Canadian by

Fleming, C126229; 146 x 29 x 9.3', 384 gross tons;

renamed LYON, NELLIE

1911, April 9 Burned, Algonac, St.Clair River

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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