CAYUGA (1889, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: CAYUGA
Year of Build:: 1889
Official Number:: 126556

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Globe Iron Works
Original Owner:: LeHigh Valley Transit Co.

Power

Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 3
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 24.38 & 61" x 42" stroke, 1500 hp, 85 rpm engine 11'10" x 12', 160 psi scotch boilers.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 290'
Beam:: 40.8'
Depth:: 22.6'
Tonnage (gross):: 2669.47
Tonnage (net):: 1939.26

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Skillagalee.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: 10 May 1895
Final Depth:: 98''
How:: Collision.
Final Cargo:: Flour & 38,000 bushels oats
Notes:: Collision with propeller JOSEPH L. HURD in fog.

History

Chronology:

1889, Apr Launched Globe Iron Works, Cleveland OH.

1889 On package freight service between Buffalo, Gladstone MI & Chicago.

1890, Apr 10 Stranded on shoal in Buffalo harbor; released by effort of six tugs, lost shoe, damaged rudder, broke all blades off propeller, no damage to hull.

1891, Nov Collision with Steamer DELAWARE off Cheboygan, MI.

1895, May 10 Sunk in collision with steamer JOSEPH L. HURD opposite Skillagalee Light, Lake Michigan.

1896 - 99 Capt. James Reid attempted to raise CAYUGA, finally abandoned operations when almost lost his life in dive Aug,1899.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database; Donald V. Baut; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; F. C. St. Clair, Great Lakes Historical Society; Lorne Joyce; Newspaper Clippings; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit