CRAWFORD, JOHN A. (1863, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CRAWFORD, JOHN A.
Also known as:
PATHFINDER
Year of Build:
1863
Official Number:
12770
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Jacob W. Banta
Original Owner and Location:
Crawford & Bowman, Chicago, IL.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
Boilers from Excelsior Works.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
69'
Beam:
16'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
80
Tonnage (gross):
43.41
Final Disposition
Date:
1909
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1863, May Boiler explosion, 3 dead, Chicago, IL; sunk.

1872 Rebuilt.

1880, Sep 18 Damaged in collision with tug FLOSSIE THIELCKE on Chicago River; used in excursion business.

1880, Sep 27 Refitted as a tug again.

1881, Feb Owned Jas. R. Sinclair.

1887 Rebuilt at Toledo, OH; 69.0' x 15.7' x 8.5'; 38.1 gross / 19.01 net tons.

1887, May 31 Renamed PATHFINDER.

1888, Jan 16 Enrolled Toledo, OH; owned Edward S. Smith, Duluth.

1890, Mar 27 Owned Edward Smith, Fred W. Smith, & J.W. Fee.

1891, Apr 23 Owned Smith Fee Co., Duluth, MN.

1893, Oct 14 Owned B.B. Inman, Duluth, MN.

1895, Sep 1 Collided & sank with tug MEDINA in race for tow of steamer JOLIET; one drowned; Duluth, MN.

Recovered and rebuilt.

1898 Owned James McGee, Duluth, MN.

1899 Owned C.S. Barker, Duluth, MN.

1909 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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