ALVA (1893, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter; Note: Double bottom water ballast tanks, 3 watertight bulkheads, hatches at 24 foot centers. First Great Lakes vessel to have stockless anchors.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Hull Number:: 19
Builder Name:: Cleveland Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:: M.A. Bradley & Co., Cleveland, OH

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: 24",38",62" x 42", 1500 hp at 78 rpm, engine, Cleveland Ship Building Co., 1893. 13'6" x 12'6", 160# steam pressure Scotch boilers.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1899, Jun 8 Damaged in grounding near Detour, MI.

1906, Oct 30 Run into & sank by steamer WISCONSIN north pier, Sault Ste. Marie, temporary repairs made.

1906, Nov 14 Repaired at Escore Yard, Detroit, MI.

1908 Owned Chicago & Duluth Transportation Co., Chicago, J.O. Nessen - general manager.

1911 Renamed MINNETONKA.

1914 Sold to James Playfair, Great Lakes Transportation Co., Midland, ONT; renamed GLENFINNAN (C126659).

1926 Sold to Canada Steamship Lines Ltd., Montreal, QUE; renamed RENFREW.

1929 Laid up Point Edward (Sarnia).

1937 Towed from Sarnia to Sturgeon Bay, WI for scrapping.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Lorne Joyce; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; Beers, History of the Great Lakes, J. B. Mansfield; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society; American Bureau of Shipping; Donald V. Baut; Dossin Great Lakes Museum

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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