Also known as:

MINNETONKA;GLENFINNAN;RENFREW

Year of Build:

1893

Official Number:

107034

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

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.

Length:

324'

Beam:

42'

Depth:

19.5'

Tonnage (gross):

2419.98

Tonnage (net):

2000.92

Final Location:

Sturgeon Bay, WI. Lake Michigan

Date:

1937

How:

Scrapped.

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.

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