MAHONING (1892, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MAHONING
Also known as:
GUANOCO
Year of Build:
1892
Official Number:
92454
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wyandotte, MI
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
2
Hull Number:
110
Builder Name:
Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Anchor Line, Erie, PA.
Ownership Notes:
Erie & Western Transportation Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
20, 33 + 54 x 45", 1100hp @ 80rpm engine, Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI. 13'9" x 12', 165# steam scotch boilers, Drydock Engine Works, Detroit.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
274'
Beam:
40.16'
Depth:
23.16'
Tonnage (gross):
2189
Tonnage (net):
1744
Final Disposition
Date:
1927
How:
Scrapped.
History
Chronology:

1892, Jun 18 Launched Wyandotte, MI; Duluth & Lake Erie coal & grain trade.

1897, Nov Grounded off Erie, PA, Lake Erie; released with little damage.

1901, Jul 27 Aground Sault Ste. Marie, St. Mary's River; released.

1916 Owned Great Lakes Transit Corp, Buffalo.

1917, May Owned Boland & Cornelius, American Steamship Co, Buffalo; Lake Erie - Montreal, QUE coal trade.

1917 Owned U.S. Shipping Board, Washington, D.C.

1919 Owned Bermudez Transport Co, Philadelphia, PA; 2308 gross / 1403 net tons.

1920 Renamed GUANOCO; taken to East Coast.

1921 Owned Philadelphia, PA.

1927 Scrapped.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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