CHICAGO (1879, Package Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 4
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 20 & 40 x 20", 500hp steeple compound engine, Globe Iron Works. 8 x 16' firebox boilers, 96 pounds steam.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: St. Mary's River, E. of Lime Island. near Raber, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 17 Nov 1909
How:: Burned.
Final Cargo:: Hay & cement.
Notes:: Caught fire at Lime Island waiting to pass through Soo.

History

Chronology:

1879, June Launched.

1882 1847.34 gross tons.

1883, Aug Boiler exploded off Buffalo, NY.

1900, Jul 30 Broke wheel chains at Harsen's Island, collided with & sank schooner H.W. SAGE.

1901 Renamed ROME.

1904 Owned Gibson L. Douglass, Buffalo, NY.

1906 Owned W.B. Spears, Bay City, MI.

1909, Apr 2 Owned J.W. Norcross, Toronto, ONT; C126048, 1847 tons.

1909, Jul Owned Consolidated Steam Ship Co., Ltd., Port Arthur, ONT; C126048.

1909, Nov 17 Burned.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; John O. Greenwood; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden