SPALDING JESSE (1899, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SPALDING JESSE
Also known as:
MOOREMACK;VINDAL;CORDOVA;JAY A. PEARSON;ROCKWOOD
Year of Build:
1899
Official Number:
77362
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Note: Last ship built by F. W. Wheeler Shipbuilding Co.
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
F. W. Wheeler & Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Spaulding Lumber Co., Chicago, IL
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
17", 28" & 47" x 36", 188hp @ 75rpm engine, F. W. Wheeler, Bay City 2 11' x 12', 170psi scotch boiler, Wickes Bros.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
220'
Beam:
40'
Depth:
14'
Tonnage (gross):
1,043
Tonnage (net):
856
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Ashtabula, OH. Lake Erie
Date:
1963
How:
scrapped
History
Chronology:

1915 Owned Jesse Spaulding Estate.

1916 Rebuilt, 220' x 40' x 16', 1,290 gross/985 net tons; went to Atlantic coast; renamed MOOREMACK.

1917 Renamed VINDAL; homeport New York, NY.

1920 Sold Norwegian.

1921 Back to US, Great Lakes.

1923 Owned Calumet Steamship Co., Chicago, IL.

1924 Renamed CORDOVA; pulpwood trade.

1925 Rebuilt, sand and gravel trade, F. D. Gleason Coal Co., Detroit; 90' boom installed; renamed JAY A. PEARSON.

1935, Oct 29 Owned Tri Lakes S. S. Co., Ecorse, MI; renamed ROCKWOOD.

1947 Owned Kelley's Island Lime & Transport Co.

1952 Repowered with 6 cylinder, 900hp diesel engine, Bush-Sulzer; owned Rockwood Navigation Co., Erie, PA.

1955 Scrapped, Ashtabula, OH.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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