BENNETT, JAMES W. (1874, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BENNETT, JAMES W.
Also known as:
BENNETT, J. W.
Year of Build:
1874
Official Number:
75895
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Huron, OH
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Capt. John Squires
Original Owner and Location:
J. Bennett, Mackinac, MI
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
22 x 24" non-condensing engine. 7' x 14' tubular boiler; built by Globe Iron Works.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
87.7'
Beam:
17.4'
Depth:
9.2'
Tonnage (gross):
81.37
Tonnage (net):
40.68
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Edwards Inlet, Black Bay, off Porphyry Light.
Lake Superior.
Date:
15 Oct 1915
How:
Wrecked.
History
Chronology:

Built for wrecking & fishing, Marquette, MI.

1876, Nov Grounded Epoufette Shoal, 5 killed.

1884, May 31 Owned A.P. Newton, Port Huron District.

1885, May 16 Owned L. Bermiller, Sandusky District.

1886, Apr 21 Owned Henry Lay, Sandusky.

1887, Sep 5 Owned J.C. Zollinger, Sandusky.

1888, Apr 25 Owned J. Hurley, Sault Ste. Marie.

1890, Apr 20 Owned G. Corning (Cranberry Lumber Co., Ashland, WI), towed log rafts.

1895 Unofficially renamed J. W. BENNETT.

1900, Mar 28 Owned Frank Boutin, Bayfield, WI.

1904, Jun 3 Owned George D. Nau, Green Bay, WI.

1906, Aug Collided with steamer SAUGATUCK near Green Bay, WI, sunk, raised next year.

1907, Jul 13 Owned Leathem & Smith Towing & Wrecking Co, Sturgeon Bay, WI.

1910, Jan 10 Owned Lake Superior Towing Co.

1911, Dec 8 Documents surrendered Marquette, MI, "sold foreign".

1912 Registered as J. W. BENNETT in Canada, C131055; 90.6 x 17.5 x 9; 107 gross / 73 net tons.

1915, Oct 15 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Great Lakes Historical Society
Great Lakes Register
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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