NIPEGON (1873, Propeller)

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Identification

Vessel name:: NIPEGON
Also known as:: CLARKE, STEPHEN C.
Year of Build:: 1873
Official Number:: 71608

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Montreal, QUE
Vessel Type:: Propeller; Note: Sister MATAWAN
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: A. Cantin
Original Owner and Location:: Sir Hugh Allen, Montreal

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 143'
Beam:: 26'
Depth:: 10.4'
Tonnage (gross):: 604
Tonnage (net):: 384

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Port Huron, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:: Jun 1893
How:: Burned & abandoned.
Final Cargo:: Coal.
Notes:: Upbound, burned at Port Sanilac, MI; hull towed to Port Huron for possible rebuild; crew rescued by propeller KALKASKA; machinery salvaged. 1893, Oct Sold for $250; documents surrendered 10/25/93. 1912 Hull reoved.

History

Chronology:

1877 Owned Andrew Allen, Montreal, QUE.

1879 Owned H.A. Allen, Montreal.

1883 Towed WILLIAM TREAT in lumber trade.

1886 Owned M. Ryan, Quebec, QUE.

1886, Nov 15 Ashore in Lake Onario, then caught in ice & burned at Clayton, NY.

1887, Jun Rebuilt as Steambarge; renamed STEPHEN C CLARKE; US116161; 140 x 26 x 10.2; 276 gross/ 215 net tons; one deck; houses aft; owned Thomas M. Ryan & Conlin, Buffalo, NY; ore trade.

1889 Owned Tonawanda Lumber Co., NY.

1890 Owned George P. Smith, Tonawanda, NY.

1891, Aug Sank Ludington, MI, Lake Michigan.

1892 Owned William Rabe, Michigan City, IN or Marine City, MI.

1893 Owned Harris W. Baker, Detroit, MI.

1893, Jun 20 Burned; owned J. Squire, Marine City.

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