POLYNESIA (1897, Barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
POLYNESIA
Also known as:
A.D. MACBETH
Year of Build:
1897
Official Number:
54525
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Globe Iron Works Company
Original Owner and Location:
James Corrigan, Cleveland, Ohio
Hull Dimensions
Length:
376'
Beam:
46'
Depth:
26.7'
Tonnage (gross):
3640
Tonnage (net):
2596
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Hamilton, Ontario. Lake Ontario
Date:
1940
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

Towed by various vessels including ITALIA, AURORA & CALEDONIA, hauling ore from Lake Superior

1908 Converted to powered bulk freighter by American Ship Building

Company, Cleveland; triple expansion engine, 19", 30" + 52" x

40", 1150hp at 82rpm by Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit (1888),

from propeller CALEDONIA; 2 scotch induced draft boilers 12' x

12' by American Ship Building Company

1909 Owned Australia Transit Company, Fairport, Ohio

1917 Owned Pioneer Steam Ship Company, Cleveland

1923 Sold to Buckeye Steam Ship Company, Cleveland; name changed to

A.D.MACBETH

1940 Scrapped at Hamilton, Ontario

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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