CITY OF PARIS (1891, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter; Note: Similar to CITY OF LONDON, CITY OF BERLIN; 9 hatches. Diagonal steel straps on hull.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: James Davidson.
Original Owner and Location:: James Davidson., Bay City, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 20, 33 & 54 x 42; 1000hp, 80rpm engine, S.F.Hodge Co., Detroit. 10' 8" x 13', 150lbs. pressure scotch boilers, M. Riter Co., Buffalo.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1892, Apr 19 Collision with schooner CORA A, Lake Michigan.

1893 Owned McGraw Trans. Co.

1894, Nov 30 Struck by steamer STEVENS while docked at Duluth, MN.

1895, Oct 1 Stranded at Copper Harbor, Lake Superior.

1897, Jun Caught fire in galley while on Lake Erie, cabin destroyed; repaired at Buffalo.

1898 Repaired in Buffalo after steering quadrant broke in storm on Lake Erie.

1914 Owned Thomas.

1914 Renamed C.W. JACOB, 2062 gross / 1714 net tons.

1915 Owned Jacob & Evans Trans. Co.

1919 Owned Hammermill Paper Co.

1919 Rebuilt.

1922 Large repairs.

1925 Owned Hammermill Paper Co.; towed barge CRETE.

1929 Rebuilt as barge, renamed ISOLDE; towed by steamer TRISTAN in pulpwood trade; 2140 gross / 2058 net tons.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
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Agency street/mail address:

211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188

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