GILL, ALICE (1887, Steambarge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GILL, ALICE
Year of Build:
1887
Official Number:
106469
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Grand Haven, MI
Vessel Type:
Steambarge
Note: Lumber hooker.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Duncan Robertson
Original Owner and Location:
William & W.F. Gill et al, Northport, MI.
Ownership Notes:
John Budge, Duncan Robertson & Peter Sinclair, Grand Haven, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
22 x 26", 300hp @ 90rpm engine, H. Bloecker Works, Grand Haven, MI. 7'6" x 14', 100# steam Johnston Brothers firebox boiler.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
127'
Beam:
28'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (gross):
264.04
Tonnage (net):
202.77
Capacity:
310,000' lumber.
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Sandusky, OH. Lake Erie
Date:
30 Dec 1930
How:
Abandoned.
Notes:
1935, Mar 26 Burned.
History
Chronology:

1887, Apr 27 Launched.

1887, Apr 30 Enrolled Grand Haven, MI, Lake Michigan lumber trade.

1887, Nov 14 Aground North Pier Shoal, Frankfort, MI.

1892, Feb Rebuilt, new bulkheads, new cabins.

1900, Feb 20 Owned David O'Connor, Harbor Springs, MI; ran Traverse City - Gladstone, MI.

1900, Feb 28 Owned Albert B. Klise & Ford & Nels Gunderson, Sheboygan, WI.

1910 Rebuilt as sand dredge; reboilered 9'6" x 11'3" scotch boiler by Joseph Stringer & Sons Boiler Works.

1910, Nov 30 Owned George A. Douglas, Detroit, MI.

1913, Mar 29 Owned John Homegardner & William Hendrickson, Sandusky, OH.

1918, Mar 12 Owned William Hendrickson, Sandusky, OH.

1918, Nov 1 Owned Lake Erie Sand Co., Sandusky.

1922, Jan 25 Owned Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co., Kelley's Island, OH.

1930, Dec 24 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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