EDENBORN, WILLIAM (1900, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EDENBORN, WILLIAM
Year of Build:
1900
Official Number:
81702
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Hull Number:
40
Builder Name:
West Bay City Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
American Steamship Co., Duluth, MN.
Power
Engine Type:
Quadruple Expansion
# Cylinders:
4
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
16 1/2", 25", 38 1/2", 60" x 40" engine, 1800hp, 80rpm, by American Shipbuilding Co, Cleveland, OH (1906).
Hull Dimensions
Length:
478'
Beam:
52'
Depth:
25.16'
Tonnage (gross):
5085
Tonnage (net):
4431
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Gordon Park, Cleveland, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
1962
How:
Scuttled.
Notes:
Stripped & scuttled as a breakwall.
History
Chronology:

1901 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH.

1902 478 x 52 x 30', 5910 gross / 4531 net tons.

1905, Nov 28 Ashore 7 miles southwest of Split Rock Lighthouse, Lake Superior; one life lost.

1906, Sep 5 Released with little damage, towed to Cleveland for repairs.

1927 2 new 12' x 11' watertube boilers by Babcock & Wilcox, 280# steam; built-up cast iron propeller.

1928 478 x 52 x 25', 5186 gross / 4127 net tons.

1952 Owned U.S. Steel Corp, Cleveland.

1956 478 x 52 x 21', 5207 gross / 4147 net tons.

1962 5910 gross tons.

1962, Oct Used as breakwater, Cleveland, OH.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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