AGAWA (1902, Barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AGAWA
Also known as:
ROBERT P. DURHAM;HERON BAY;FEDERAL HUSKY
Year of Build:
1902
Official Number:
111807
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Collingwood, ONT
Vessel Type:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
2
Builder Name:
Collingwood SB Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Algoma Central Railroad Co., Sault Ste Marie, ONT
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
Machinery Collingwood SB Co., 1907, 20 1/4, 32 1/2 & 55 5/8 x 40", 1500 hp, 140# 2 - 14' x 12' boilers Collingwood SB Co.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
376'
Beam:
46'
Depth:
26'
Tonnage (gross):
3525
Tonnage (net):
2508
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Spain
Date:
1965
How:
Scrapped.
History
Chronology:

1907 Made screw bulk freighter, Collingwood.

1927, Dec 7 Stranded Advance Reef in blizzard, Manitoulin Island, Lake Huron.

1927-28 Rebuilt Collingwood S.B. Co., name changed to ROBERT P. DURHAM.

1929 Reconstructed Collingwood S.B. Co.

1940 Renamed HERON BAY.

1949, Mar New tank tops.

1960 Owned Quebec & Ontario Transport Co. Ltd., Montreal QUE.

1962 Renamed FEDERAL HUSKY.

1965 Scrapped in Spain.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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