CRAIG, JOHN (1888, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Trenton, MI
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter; Note: 2 stacks; largest wooden steamer in Gilchrist Line.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Hull Number:: 34
Builder Name:: John Craig
Original Owner and Location:: J. C. Gilchrist et al., Vermillion, OH.

Power

Number of Masts:: 4
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 19, 30 & 52 x 40"; 1000hp, 90rpm, O'Connor & Co., Detroit, MI. 11' x 11' scotch boilers, 160# steam, Buhl Works, Detroit, MI.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Mineral Point, near Ontonagon, MI.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 21 Nov 1906
How:: Sprang a leak & stranded.
Notes:: Upbound with schooner-barge MATANZAS in tow, found leaking in gale. Ran to shore to prevent sinking, but was destroyed by storm waves. 1907, Jul 21 Tug HOWARD & barge GRAMPIAN sent to salvage her, machinery recovered. - engine went to new Davidson steamer HONDURAS.

History

Chronology:

1888, Summer Towed barge B.F. BRUCE.

1889, Summer Towed H.D. ALVERSON & W. CROSTHWAITE in Cleveland - Ashland - Duluth trades.

1890, Feb 27 Contracted to Tod, Stambough & Co.

1890, Apr 1 Towed POLYMOUTH.

1891, Jun 4 Aground at Duluth, MN.

1891, Sep Towed CROSTHWAITE.

1891, Nov 12 Rudder gone, at anchor 5 mi. off White Fish Point, MI.

1892 Towed ALVERSON & SAGE.

1892, May Towed VERONA & HAYES.

1892, Jun Towed VERONA & C.G. KING.

1892, Aug Towed ALVERSON.

1893, Oct Towed ALVERSON.

1895, Oct 5 Struck below Ballard's reef, Detroit River & sank.

1897 / 98? Collided with schooner BALTIC at Straits of Mackinaw, MI.

1898, Jun Towed MOONLIGHT.

1903, Jun 25 Stranded at Simmons Reef, Lake Michigan.

1904, May 11 Owned James Davidson, Bay City, MI; rebuilt at Bay City, renamed PANAMA.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: C. Patrick Labadie; Donald V. Baut; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; Newspaper Clippings; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

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