BOYCE, MARY H. (1888, Steambarge)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 22" x 40" + 36", 375 hp; 87 rpm; built King Iron Works, Buffalo, NY, 1888. 10' x 15' firebox boiler; 120# steam; built Johnston Brothers, Ferrysburg, MI, 1888.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1888, Aug 14 Owned Sherman H. Boyce, et al, Grand Haven, MI.

1891, Apr 15 Rebuilt Saginaw; 2 decks; 3 masts; 181.4' x 34.2' x 14'; 932.33 gross tons.

1896 Reboilered; 13'6" x 13'6" scotch boiler; 140# steam; built Wickes Brothers, Saginaw, MI.

1899, Apr 18 Ashore Grand Haven, MI.

1902, Feb 26 Owned F.W. Smith, et al, Milwaukee, WI.

1902, Apr 11 Rebuilt; span deck removed; 2 masts; 181.4' x 34.2' x 14'; 700 gross tons.

1912, Aug 29 Owned American Ship Building Co., Cleveland, OH.

1916, Mar 11 Owned Peterson & Collings, Oswego, NY.

1917, Apr 19 Owned Robert McCormick, Chicago, IL.

1917 Sold to Ontario Transportation Co., Thorold, ONT C140994.

1918 Rebuilt; 2 decks; 181' x 34' x 13.7'; 863 gross tons.

1922, Mar 22 Owned N.M. Paterson & Co. Ltd., Fort William, ONT; rebuilt for grain transfer vessel Fort William & Port Arthur, ONT.

1928 Damaged by fire, Fort William ONT; towed to boneyard & abandoned.

1933 Scuttled by government contract.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; C. Patrick Labadie; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society; American Bureau of Shipping