MINNEAPOLIS (1873, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: MINNEAPOLIS
Year of Build:: 1873
Official Number:: 90524

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Marine City, MI
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: One stack. sister: AMAZON.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: John J. Hill
Master Carpenter:: James Doran
Original Owner and Location:: Ward's Lake Superior Line, Detroit, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Low Pressure
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 50 x 36" engine, Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI. 10.5 x 16' firebox boiler, Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI. 12' diameter propeller.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 226.3'
Beam:: 34.1'
Depth:: 11.2'
Tonnage (gross):: 1072.22
Tonnage (net):: 949.76

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Off McGulpin Point, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: 4 Apr 1894
How:: Foundered.
Final Cargo:: 48517 bushels wheat.
Notes:: Damaged by ice & got a leak after ran across rocky bottom near McGulpin Pt. 1894, Jun 4 Documents surrendered, Detroit.

History

Chronology:

1873, Jul 12 Launched.

1873, Sep 2 Enrolled Detroit, MI; ran Duluth, MN - Buffalo, NY with grain.

1873, Nov 26 Owned Englemann Transportation Co, Milwaukee, WI; replaced steamer IRONSIDE to run package freight & passenger trade between Grand Haven, MI & Milwaukee, WI.

1874, Jun 13 Larger cabin structure added.

1875, Jan Stuck in ice off harbor entrance at Grand Haven, Lake Michigan.

1875, Mar 15 Freed from ice.

1875, Apr 14 Owned North Western Transportation Co, Detroit, MI.

1875, Aug 10 Repaired.

1876, Apr 10 Cabin lengthened.

1877, Apr 9 Received a new wheel.

1880, Apr 13 Made a coarse freighter.

1881, August Towed schooner SAMUEL L. WATSON.

1881 Major repairs

1882, Mar 11 949.76 net tons.

1886, 1887 Towed W.M. MCGREGOR.