AMAZONAS (1898, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: W. Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter; Note: One deck with hold-beams, diagonal straps on her frames, steel boilerhouse & reinforced bows.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Hull Number:: 88
Builder Name:: James Davidson
Original Owner and Location:: James Davidson, W. Bay City, MI

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: Steam engine from S.F. Hodge & Co., Detroit(1898);16, 25, 42 x 36"; boiler from Wickes Brothers Boiler Works, Saginaw (1898) Scotch, 12'3"x12'; 160# steam pressure, forced draft.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1898, Apr 28 Launched Bay City, MI.

1916 Richland Steamship Co., Cleveland.

1923 Peterson & Collinge, Cleveland.

1923 Aetna Portland Cement Co., Detroit.

1927 Mid-West Transportation Co., Detroit.

1930 Abandoned Bay City.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: American Bureau of Shipping; Donald V. Baut; Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; C. Patrick Labadie; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:

Agency street/mail address:

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

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