PECK, E.M. (1888, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: PECK, E.M.
Also known as:: MALTON
Year of Build:: 1888
Official Number:: 135983

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter; Note: Hold beams, 1 stack. Sister: FAYETTE BROWN.
Hull Materials:: Composite
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Northwestern Transportation Co., Detroit

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 19, 30 + 52 x 40"; 875hp @ 80rpm, Dry Dock Engine works, Detroit, MI, 1888. 11 x 11', 150# steam, scotch boilers, Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo, NY, 1888.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 252.6'
Beam:: 40.2'
Depth:: 18.6'
Tonnage (gross):: 1,809
Tonnage (net):: 1,572

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Port Dalhousie, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: 1935
How:: Dismantled.

History

Chronology:

1889, Nov Towed barge RED WING.

1893, Jun 16 Collided with propeller S.C. HALL, Michigan Island, Lake Superior.

1895 Ashore Thirteen-foot Shoal, Lake Huron; released.

1897 Towed MASTERS.

1898 Towed TASMANIA & COMMERCE; repaired.

1890, Sep 20 Grounded because rudder-chain parted, Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

1899 Double bottom not water tight; diagonal steer straps, 3 watertight bulkheads.

1912 Towed ABYSSINIA.

1913, Jun 11 Boiler explosion, Racine, WI, Lake Michigan; 7 killed.

1914 Rebuilt; sold Canadian to Matthews Steamship Co.; C130439.

1915, Mar Renamed MALTON.

1922, Nov 17 Stranded Main Duck Island, ONT, Lake Ontario.

1926 Large repairs; 252 x 40 x 22'; 1,651 gross/ 988 net tons; 16.27 + 46 x 42", 800hp @ 80rpm triple expansion engine, Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI, 1892.

1933 Owned Frederick C. Clarkson, Toronto, ONT.

1935 Dismantled Port Dalhousie, ONT, Lake Ontario.

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