EVERETT, A. (1880, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 32 x 36" engine by Globe Iron Works. 10.5 x 18' tubular boiler at 60# steam.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 20 miles N. Pte. aux Barques, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 29 Apr 1895
How:: Sunk.
Final Cargo:: Grain.
Notes:: Bound Chicago - Ogdensburg, NY; holed by ice & sank; crew rescued by EBER WARD. 1895, May 10 Documents surrendered; vessel lost.

History

Chronology:

Built for the Minch fleet of Cleveland, served it her entire career; coal & iron ore carrier.

1880, Jun 24 Launched.

1880, Jul 8 Enrolled Cleveland, OH; towed FREDA MORSE in Lake Superior trade.

1881 Towed FREDA MORSE & E.P. BEALS.

1882 In grain & coal trade to Duluth, MN.

1883, Jun Aground Eleven Fool Shoal, Lake Michigan, with ore.

1886 Towed barge SOPHIA MINCH for several years.

1887 Chartered for ore from St. Ignace, MI - Ohio.

1893, May 15 Holed by ice near Two Harbors; wheat laden; repaired Duluth, MN.

1893, Jul 26 Ashore east of Port Colborne piers.

1895, Apr 6 Owned Nicolas Transit Co., Willoughby Twp., OH.

1895, Apr 29 Sunk Lake Huron.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden

Contact

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