CITY OF MT. CLEMENS (1884, Steambarge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CITY OF MT. CLEMENS
Year of Build:
1884
Official Number:
126213
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Mt Clemens, MI
Vessel Type:
Steambarge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
O. Chapoton
Master Carpenter:
Chas. Charow
Original Owner and Location:
O.Chapoton / Gilbert LaCroix, Mt. Clemens, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
16 x 18", 300hp engine. 6' x 12' boiler.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
106.5'
Beam:
23.3'
Depth:
7.5'
Tonnage (gross):
132
Tonnage (net):
97
Final Disposition
Date:
1920
How:
Dismantled.
History
Chronology:

1884, Mar 27 Launched, Mt. Clemens.

1884 Owned Chabideaux, Mt Clemens.

1887 Owned Hall, Mt. Clemens.

1894 New deck.

1895, Dec 18 Owned Gilbert & Louis LaCroix, Mt. Clemens.

1899, May 28 Collided with schooner B.W.PARKER near Bar Point, Lake Erie.

1901, Jun 7 Owned Walter J. Scully & George N. Skinner, Detroit, MI.

1903, Mar 4 Owned George A. Douglas, Cleveland, OH.

1906 New Boiler.

1908 Collision with JAS. B. NEILSON in St. Clare River.

1908 Abandoned.

1910, Apr 27 Owned Nathan, Emma & Lafayette Sullivan & William England, Toledo, OH.

1913, Jul 1 Owned City of Cleveland; converted to dredge.

1919, Jan 13 Owned New York & Hastings Steamboat Co., New York.

1920 Dismantled.

1921, Feb 1 Documents surrendered.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Beesons Marine Directory
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Great Lakes Register
Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
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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