SUPERIOR CITY (1898, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SUPERIOR CITY
Year of Build:
1898
Official Number:
116820
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Lorain, OH
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Note: 3 watertight bulkheads, double-bottom water ballast tanks & electric lights largest steamer on Lakes at the time
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Cleveland Ship Building Company
Original Owner and Location:
Zenith Transit Company, Duluth, Minnesota
Ownership Notes:
Also known as City Line
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadruple Expansion
# Cylinders:
4
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
Steel boilerhouse 17, 25.5, 39 & 60 x 40"; Cleveland Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1898 13'10" x 9'3" watertube boilers, Babcock & Wilcox, 1898
Hull Dimensions
Length:
429'
Beam:
50'
Depth:
24.7'
Tonnage (gross):
4795
Tonnage (net):
3693
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Whihtefish Point, Michigan, Lake Superior
Date:
20 Aug 1920
How:
Collision
Final Cargo:
Iron ore
Notes:
Downbound & collided with steamer WILLIS L. KING Sank quickly, boiler explosion killed 29 Wreck discovered in 1972
History
Chronology:

1898, April 13 First launched

1898, September 28 Aground Blackwell canal, Lake Erie

1899, March 1 Owned American Steel Wire Company

1920 August 20 Sank in collision with WILLIS L. KING at Whitefish

Point, Michigan, Lake Superior

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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