CRANAGE, THOMAS (1893, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter; Note: Single deck steamer with hold beams, steel arches & diagonal straps on frames; steam pumps, steel boilerhouse, reinforced bow. Largest ship in American fleet when built.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: James Davidson
Original Owner and Location:: Cranage et al., Bay City, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 20, 33 & 54 x 42"; 1000hp; 81rpm; Dry dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI 1893. 14'4" x 12'; 160# steam scotch boiler, Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI 1893.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Watcher's Reef, near Tiffin, ONT, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 25 Sep 1911
How:: Stranded.
Final Cargo:: Oats.
Notes:: Bound Chicago - Tiffin; ran on a reef in clear weather due to navigational error. 1911, Oct 8 Abandoned after salvage effort failed.

History

Chronology:

1893, Jul 29 Launched.

1896, May 25 Released from Plum Island, Lake Michigan.

1898, Spring Drydocked Milwaukee, WI & found badly damaged; 6 planks shattered & 40 frames broken.

1911, Apr 25 Stranded.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Burton Collection; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Great Lakes Register; C. Patrick Labadie; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Milwaukee Public Library; Newspaper Clippings; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
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