Year of Build:

1889

Official Number:

120772

Built at:

St. Joseph, MI

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Note: Or excursion vessel.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

George Ryan

Original Owner:

Ida Brower

Propulsion:

Screw

Length:

64.2'

Beam:

16.3'

Depth:

7.3'

Tonnage (gross):

48

Tonnage (net):

26

Final Location:

Duluth, MN. Lake Superior

Date:

1940

How:

Abandoned.

1889, Aug 9 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1896, Apr Sprang a leak & beached by Tobico Bay, near Bay City, MI.

1903, Nov While dredging a reservior for Bay City Dredging Co., struck a sunken pile & sank.

1920 Rebuilt 64'2" x 16'3" x 8'2", 48 gross / 26 net tons; Montague Iron Works high-pressure engine, 14" x 17"; one scotch boiler from National Boiler Works, Chicago, IL (1889), 6'6" x 9', 125# steam.

1930 Owned Marine Iron & Ship Building Co., Duluth, MN.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Great Lakes Register

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

Newspaper Clippings