STAFFORD, W.R. (1886, Steambarge)

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Identification

Vessel name:: STAFFORD, W.R.
Year of Build:: 1886
Official Number:: 81126

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:: Steambarge; Note: Steel diagonal straps; iron lined boiler house.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: F.W. Wheeler & Co.
Master Carpenter:: Frank W. Wheeler
Original Owner and Location:: Bay City & Cleveland Transportation Co., Detroit, MI

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 24 + 46 x 36", 500hp @ 90rpm engine by Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, MI (1886). 11'11" x 12'7" @ 110# steam, scotch boiler by Globe Iron Works.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 184.8'
Beam:: 34.2'
Depth:: 12.2'
Tonnage (gross):: 744.28
Tonnage (net):: 546.19

Final Disposition

Date:: 24 Dec 1930
How:: Abandoned.

History

Chronology:

1886, Aug 18 Enrolled Detroit, MI; towed MEARS.

1887 Towed MEARS & J.F. KING.

1888 Towed barges ONEOTA & MARIA MARTIN.

1889 Towed barges KINGFISHER & J.A. FRANCOMB.

1892, Aug Aground near Snow Shoe Island in dense fog, laden with stove coal.

1893, Apr 15 Owned Hope Transportation Co., Detroit; Thomas K Christie, president; towed schooners JOHN A FRANCOMB & ED MCWILLIAMS in coal & lumber trade.

1894, Nov 9 Broken rudder; repaired West Superior.

1894, Nov 15 Repaired Superior; struck obstacle.

1904, May 24 686.01 gross/ 398 net tons.

1905 Towed MCWILLIAMS in Marquette to Ashtabula ore trade.

1913, May 8 Owned Pelee Island Sand & Gravel Co., Lake County, OH; A.B. Emery, president.

1923, Apr 28 Owned Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co., Kelley's Island, OH.

1925, Oct 1 Laid up, Sandusky.

1930, Dec 24 Abandoned.

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