RICHMOND (1888, Excursion Vessel)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
RICHMOND
Year of Build:
1888
Official Number:
110788
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Saugatuck, MI
Vessel Type:
Excursion Vessel
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
James Elliott
Original Owner and Location:
Brittain, Purdy & Moore, Saugatuck
Power
Number of Masts:
0
Propulsion:
Screw
# Propellers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
50.2'
Beam:
12'
Depth:
3.7'
Tonnage (gross):
21.44
Tonnage (net):
15.05
Final Disposition
Date:
11 Mar 1907
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1888, Jul Launched, Saugatuck, MI.

1888, Aug 25 Enrolled; twice daily trips Saugatuck to Richmond.

1889, Mar Rebuilt.

1889, May Stranded on bar on Kalamazoo River, MI.

1890, Jun 2 Owned J.N. & E.A. Graham & J.S. Morton. Benton Harbor, MI.

1894, Aug Sunk in collision by steamer PURITAN at St. Joseph, MI.

1900, Jul 24 Owned Wilbert O. Wilson, St. Joseph.

1900, Oct 12 Owned T.G. Martin, Chicago, IL.

1901, Jan 7 Owned Robert D. Lay, Chicago.

1902, Jul 3 Owned Emma Baldwin, Joliet, IL.

1902, Oct 2 Owned St. Louis, MO.

1903, Mar 10 Owned Morgan City Timber Co., Ltd, Brashear, LA.

1907, Mar 11 Abandoned.

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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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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