AGAWA (1902, Barge)

Also known as:

ROBERT P. DURHAM;HERON BAY;FEDERAL HUSKY

Year of Build:

1902

Official Number:

111807

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

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.

Length:

376'

Beam:

46'

Depth:

26'

Tonnage (gross):

3525

Tonnage (net):

2508

Final Location:

Spain

Date:

1965

How:

Scrapped.

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.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

American Bureau of Shipping

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley