MCGREGOR, MARY A. (1889, Schooner)

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Identification

Vessel name:: MCGREGOR, MARY A.
Year of Build:: 1889
Official Number:: 92075

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Grand Haven, MI
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Grand Haven Ship Building Company
Master Carpenter:: Duncan Robertson
Original Owner and Location:: S.H. Boyce et al., Grand Haven
Ownership Notes:: Nelson R. Howlett, Grand Haven Stephen L. Monroe, Grand Haven

Power

Number of Masts:: 3

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 179.2'
Beam:: 33.7'
Depth:: 14.8'
Tonnage (gross):: 617.56
Tonnage (net):: 600.33

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Magnetic Shoal, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 28 Aug 1920
How:: Stranded & burned.
Final Cargo:: Salt.
Notes:: Grounded, caught fire & burned to waterline before she could be released.

History

Chronology:

1889, March 28 First enrolled Grand Haven, MI.

1890 Owned Monroe et al, Grand Haven; listed as barge; 617.56 gross / 600.33 net tons.

1891 Owned S.H. Boyce, Grand Haven.

1892 Chartered to carry ore Escanaba - Chicago.

1893, May 22 Made a steambarge, one deck & two masts, plain head & round stern, 21 & 42 x 36"; 485 hp, 88 rpm fore & aft compound engine, King Iron Works, Buffalo(?), NY, 1893; 12.5 x 21', 125 pounds scotch boiler, Johnson Brothers, Ferrysburg, MI 1893; 179.2 x 33.1 x 14.8', 711.39 gross tons, 581.53 net tons, capacity 1000 gross tons or 710,000'lumber.

1900, Apr 5 Owned Potter-Teare Lumber Co, Cleveland, OH.

1900 Towed ANGUS SMITH.

1901, June Towed ALLEGHENY.

1902 Owned Potter, Teare & Co, Cleveland; iron boiler house.

1904, March 24 Owned Potter-Teare Transportation Co, Mentor, OH.

1914, Apr 22 816.59 gross tons, 591 net tons.

1919 Carried soft coal.

1920, Aug 28 Grounded & burned, Magnetic Shoal, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron; documents surrendered, Cleveland.

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