GOLDSMITH, JOSEPH (1882, Tug (Towboat))

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 20 x 22" 280HP at 110RPM engine, Vulcan Iron Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1882). Engine went into new tug (1902) built by Gilmore for Breyman Brothers.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Maumee Bay, Toledo harbor.
Lake Erie.
Date:: 26 Jul 1901
How:: Sunk.
Notes:: 1901, Jul 28 Steamer CADILLAC collided with sunken wreckage, damaging both. 1902, Mar Engine into tug built by Gilmore at Todledo for Breyman Brothers.

History

Chronology:

1882, May 26 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1882, Aug Arrived Milwaukee from Two Rivers to have part of machinery overhauled.

1890, Dec Rebuilt Philbrook's Shipyard; cut in two, lengthened 10 feet, new deck & raised.

1899 Owned John B Brayman, Toledo, OH; firebox boiler 7'4" x 12' 140# steam by Manitowoc Boiler Works.

1901, Jul 26 Sunk, Lake Erie.

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