WELCOME (1894, Ferry)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WELCOME
Also known as:
FRANKLIN
Year of Build:
1894
Official Number:
81492
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St.Clair, MI
Vessel Type:
Ferry
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Simon Langell
Original Owner and Location:
F. Baby & H.S. Dale, St.Clair, Michigan
Ownership Notes:
St.Clair River ferryboat Laid down as SIESTA
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
Propulsion Notes:
18 x 18", 275hp engine, 130rpm engine by Samuel Hodge Iron Works 6 x 12', 100 pounds steam firebox boiler by Love & Schofield, Port Huron, Michigan (1887)
Hull Dimensions
Length:
80'
Beam:
21'
Depth:
9' 6"
Tonnage (gross):
212
Tonnage (net):
129
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Buffalo, New York. Lake Erie
Date:
1941
How:
Abandoned for age
History
Chronology:

1894 Running in connection with the Michigan Central Railway

1904 Rebuilt, 140/77 tons

1910, January Owned Douglas Transportation Company, St.Clair,

Michigan; a subsidiary of Diamond Crystal Salt Company

1913 Owned Frank F. Fix, Buffalo, New York

1914 Ran Niagara River routes for Erie Beach Amusements, Limited

(Niagara Ferry & Train Company, Incorporated)

1917 Renamed FRANKLIN

1925 Owned Charles Fix, Buffalo

1941 Abandoned for age

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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