CROSS, BELLE P. (1870, Steamer)

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Identification

Vessel name:: CROSS, BELLE P.
Year of Build:: 1870
Official Number:: 2719

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Trenton, MI
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Alvin A. Turner
Original Owner and Location:: David W. Whitney Jr., Detroit, MI.
Ownership Notes:: Whitney Transportation Co.

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 26 x 32" engine, Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI; engine later into tug G. A. TOMLINSON (1895), later into MINNESOTA.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 135'
Beam:: 26.3'
Depth:: 11.8'
Tonnage (gross):: 298.76
Tonnage (net):: 211.42
Capacity:: 300,000 feet

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Danger Castle near Gooseberry Point, MN.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 23 Apr 1903
Final Cargo:: Cedar posts.
GPS:: Latitude: 91degrees 26' 45' W Longitude: 47degrees 08' 45" N
Notes:: Went on reef in blinding blizzard gale, quickly broke up; cargo & machinery recovered. 1903, May 9 Documents surrendered.

History

Chronology:

1870, Jun 15 Ran Saginaw, MI - Ogdensburg, NY, towing barges.

1874 Repaired.

1874, May Machinery disabled at Detroit; repaired.

1875, May 8 Owned Philo E. Wright et al, Detroit.

1878, Aug 22 Damaged wheel, Lake Huron; received new wheel, Bay City, MI.

1880, Apr 7 Owned John A. Hamilton et al, E. Saginaw, MI.

1881, Jan 25 Owned Henry A. Hawgood et al, Milwaukee, WI.

1883 Major repair.

1883, Apr 19 Port Huron District; same owner, Bay City, MI; 298.76 gross / 211.42 net tons.

1884 Repaired.

1886, Nov 17 Grounded, China Beach, St. Clair River.

1888, Apr Rebuilt.

1889 Repaired.

1890, May 30 Fire damage, Buffalo, Lake Erie.

1891, Jun 16 Owned Hawgood & Avery Transit Co., Mantua, OH.

1894 Owned B. B. Inman, Duluth, MN; lumber & coal trade.

1894, Dec New boiler & 20 + 40 x 32 steeple compound engine.

1895, Jun 3 Capsized & sank with DUNCAN & BREWSTER MILL, 17 feet water.

1896 Recovered copper ignots at Isle Royale from CENTURION.

1897, May 26 Owned Gertrude O. Flynn, Duluth, MN; made a barge; 298.76 gross & net tons; used as lighter.

1899 Received engine from J. EMORY OWEN (1887).

1899, May 5 Owned John H. Clow, Duluth, MN.

1899, Jul 31 Owned John H. Clow & William H. Nicholson (Nicholson Transportation Co.), Duluth, MN; made a steamer for coal & lumber trade; 298.76 gross / 211.42 net tons.

1901 Rebuilt & reengined from machinery of BON VOYAGE (1891).

1902, Jun 3 Rebuilt at Superior Ship Building Co., 135 x 27.4 x 11.8; 427 gross / 305 net tons.

1903, Apr Chartered, Coolidge Fuel & Supply Co., Minneapolis, MN.

1903, Apr 29 Wrecked, Lake Superior.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Beesons Marine Directory; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden; Loudon G. Wilson; John O. Greenwood; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; Marine Directory, R. L. Polk Co., Detroit; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library