CORLISS, GEORGE H. (1896, Barge)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:: Barge; Note: Bulk freight; 3 compartments, hopper side tanks, double bottom ballast, 2 watertight bulkheads, 11 hatches on 24' centers.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 1
Hull Number:: 23
Builder Name:: Chicago Shipbuilding Co.
Master Carpenter:: M.L. Babcock
Original Owner and Location:: Bessemer Steamship Co., Duluth, MN.

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1901 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH.

1924 Reconstructed; 352 x 44 x 26, 2886 gross / 2718 net tons.

1936 Owned Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co., Duluth, MN.

1937 Owned International Transportation Co., Duluth; renamed ETHEL.

1939 Owned Lakehead Transportation Co. Ltd; renamed ETHEL J.; 352 x 44.16 x 22.33, 3259 gross / 3055 net tons.

1943 Owned Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping, Ltd., Fort William.

1945 Owned Paterson Steamship Co., Ltd., Fort William; renamed PORTADOC.

1951 Owned N.M. Paterson & Sons, Ltd., Fort William.

c1960 Renamed KENORDOC.

1962 Owned Goderich Elevator & Transit Co., Goderich, ONT; renamed F.H. DUNSFORD; used as grain storage.

1973 - 74, Winter Scrapped.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: American Bureau of Shipping; Donald V. Baut; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; C. Patrick Labadie; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit