DOUGLASS (1872, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DOUGLASS
Year of Build:
1872
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Composite
Builder Name:
David Bell
Original Owner:
Clark & Douglas
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
18 x 18" engine, David Bell Works, Buffalo; into PACIFIC in 1875.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
70'
Beam:
15.6'
Depth:
7'
Tonnage (gross):
37
History
Chronology:

1872, Jun 5 Launched; used in constructing new water works tunnel.

1873, Sep Owned Eaton.

1874, Oct 14 Burned off Wyandotte, MI, Detroit River; crew saved by yacht JOSEPHINE; one man drowned; raised Oct 25.

1875 Rebuilt, Evans Canal slip; engine & boiler into tug PACIFIC by Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Donald V. Baut
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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