JOLIET (1890, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 17", 29", 47" x 36" engine, 900 hp, 90 rpm by Cleveland Ship Building Co. 11' x 12' scotch boiler, 170# steam. 11.5' porpeller, 14' pitch.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 1 mile south of Sarnia, ONT.
St. Clair River.
Date:: 22 Sep 1911
How:: Sunk.
Notes:: Rammed at dock by steamer HENRY PHIPPS, dynamited later in fall. 1963 Remains removed by Corps of Engineers.

History

Chronology:

1890, Apr 19 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1890, Aug 28 Grounded above canal Sault Ste. Marie, MI & holed trying to dodge log raft; lightered and released Aug. 30.

1899 Carnegie Steel Co. to run port of former Lake Superior Iron Co. fleet including Joliet.

1900 Owned by Pittsburgh Steamship Co.

1906, Jun 10 Collision with dredge scow, Hay Lake, St. Mary's River.

1906, Aug 3 Released after grounding at Amherstburg, ONT, no damage.

1911 Sunk, St. Clair River.

Notes