CRESCENT CITY (1897, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CRESCENT CITY
Also known as:
MEYERS, CARL W.
Year of Build:
1897
Official Number:
127176
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Note: Hold beams, double-bottom ballast, 4 watertight bulkheads.
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Chicago Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Zenith Transportation Co., Duluth, MN.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadruple Expansion
# Cylinders:
4
# Boilers:
2
Propulsion Notes:
18.5, 28, 41 & 60 x 42" 1,600hp @ 85rpm engine by Cleveland Ship Building Co. (1897) 12' 6" x 8' @ 250# steam watertube boilers by Babcock & Wilson, Elizabeth, NJ (1897)
Hull Dimensions
Length:
406'
Beam:
48.2'
Depth:
23.9'
Tonnage (gross):
4213
Tonnage (net):
3675
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Hamilton, ONT. Lake Ontario
Date:
1959
How:
Scrapped.
History
Chronology:

1897, Apr 8 Enrolled Duluth, MN.

1897 - 98, Jun Carried 220,000 bushels corn from Milwaukee, WI.

1898, Jun 13 Burst steampipe, killing 1, injured 2.

1899, Mar 1 Owned American Steel Wire Co.

1901, Nov 14 Collided with barge KINGFISHER, St. Clair River.

1902, Apr 9 Grounded AuSable Reef for 3 days; repaired Grand Island.

1905, Nov 28 Wrecked Lake Superior; crashed on cliffs north of Duluth; broken in two, recovered & repaired over winter.

1906, Sep 16 Stranded @ Houghton Point near Chequamagon Bay.

1909, Jun 9 Rammed & sunk by PERRY G. WALKER, going through Canadian Soo Locks.

1911, May 3 Grounded Summer Island, Green Bay.

1915, Sep 14 Collided with steamer ATHABASCA, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Lake Superior.

1922 Reconstructed Cleveland; 406 x 48.2 x 24; 4112 gross/3028 net tons.

1928 Coverted to automobile carriers by Great Lakes Engine Works, River Rouge, MI; 4109 gross/3052 net tons.

1942 Rebuilt as bulk freighter by Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co; River Rouge, MI; capacity 6,900 tons; 240,000 bushels.

1950 Renamed CARL W. MEYERS.

1955 Sold as storage barge to Buffalo.

1959 Scrapped; owned T. H. Browning Steam Ship Line, Detroit.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Donald V. Baut
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Great Lakes Register
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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