BRYN MAWR (1900, Barge)

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Identification

Vessel name:: BRYN MAWR
Also known as:: BRYN BARGE
Year of Build:: 1900
Official Number:: 3845

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: South Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:: Barge; Note: Bulk Freight.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 1
Hull Number:: 41
Builder Name:: Chicago Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (Andrew Carnegie), Cleveland, OH.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: Donkey boiler for pumps & winches.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 400'
Beam:: 50.2'
Depth:: 23.9'
Tonnage (gross):: 4,294
Tonnage (net):: 3,853
Capacity:: 7,000 tons

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Lakeview Power Station, Toronto, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: 1968
How:: Sunk as part of breakwater.

History

Chronology:

Named for Bryn Mawr College, PA, part of "the College Class". Built for iron ore trade.

1900, Jun 12 Launched; home port Duluth, MN.

1901 Owned new Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (J. P. Morgan), Cleveland, OH.

1921 Rebuilt & remeasured at Chicago, IL; 3,854 gross / 3,412 net tons; 400 x 50 x 27.

1940, May Owned Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Ltd., Toronto, ONT; renamed BRYN BARGE; C172359; 400 x 50.2 x 23.5; 4,214 gross / 3,963 net tons; grain trade.

1959 Owner reorganized as Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., Toronto; refitted at Pt. Colbourne, ONT.

1962, Fall Last operated.

1963 Permanent lay-up as grain storage barge at Goderich, ONT.

1968, Fall Sunk as part of breakwater.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: American Bureau of Shipping; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society

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