FISKE, EDWARD (1883, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FISKE, EDWARD
Year of Build:
1883
Official Number:
135680
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Union Dry Dock Co.
Master Carpenter:
O'Grady & Maher
Original Owner:
James Ash et al
Ownership Notes:
R.L. & James Byers, Abner C. Adams, F.L. Danforth & Daniel Mahoney.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
18 x 20"; 300 hp @150 rpm; engine by Donaldson & Polly, Buffalo, NY. 6'9" x 13' firebox boiler @100# steam by M. Riter, Buffalo, NY.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
66'
Beam:
16.2'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (gross):
43.85
Tonnage (net):
21.93
Final Disposition
Date:
1936
How:
Out of registry.
History
Chronology:

1885 Owned Buffalo, NY.

1887, Apr Sank at Buffalo; raised.

1890, May Owned John H. Gillett, Marquette, MI; fastest tug in harbor.

1891, May 7 Owned Smith Fee Co., Duluth, MN; Frederick Smith, President.

1893, Aug 18 Sunk in collision with tug CARRINGTON as part of tug war; raised.

1893, Sep 27 Burned at dock, Duluth, MN.

1893, Oct 14 Owned B.B. Inman, Duluth, MN.

1894, Jun Siezed by U.S. Marshal.

1897, Apr 7 Owned Inman Tug Co.

1899 Owned Great Lakes Towing.

1906 Owned Chicago & Great Lakes Dredging.

1909 Rebuilt Port Arthur, ONT; C116389; 70 x 16 x 9; 73 gross / 49 net tons.

1928 Owned Great Lakes Dredging & Construction Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, ONT.

1936 Out of registry.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Donald V. Baut
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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