EMMETT, ROBERT (1863, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EMMETT, ROBERT
Also known as:
COLONEL GRAHAM;EMMET, ROBERT
Year of Build:
1863
Official Number:
21304
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Racine, WI
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Samuel M. Brown
Original Owner and Location:
John Mullen & James Dempsey, Racine, WI
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
58.5'
Beam:
13'
Depth:
6.25'
Tonnage (old style):
43 34/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Bayfield, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
1915
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1863, Sep 21 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1866, Jun 30 43.36 gross tons.

1869, Aug 9 Purchased by U.S. Corps of Engineers; 75' x 15' x 7', 47.5 gross tons; renamed COLONEL GRAHAM.

1878, Nov 1 Rescued 44 men from schooner J.H. RUTTER at Ludington, MI, Lake Michigan.

1881 New hull.

1891 Rebuilt, Bay City, MI; 65 x 16 x 5.6', 32.08 gross / 18 net tons; 12 + 24 x 20", 21hp at 110rpm fore & aft compound engine by Marine Iron Works, Bay City (1892); one 6'6" x 11'6" at 135 pounds steam firebox boiler by National Boiler Works, Bay City(1890).

1899 Owned L.S. Boutell, Bay City.

1915 Used as fish tug; laid up at Bayfield, WI; abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Register
Lytle List
Peter J. VanderLinden
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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