DURR, MAY (1888, Steambarge)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Milwaukee, WI
Vessel Type:: Steambarge; Note: Plain head & round stern; diagonally strapped with steel boiler house & centerboard.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Milwaukee Shipyard Co.
Master Carpenter:: John Fitzgerald
Original Owner and Location:: J. Fitzgerald et al, Milwaukee, WI.
Ownership Notes:: J.B. Merrill, Emil Durr, John Rugee, Alice Joys, A.M. Joys, C.W. Norris, W.E. Fitzgerald, (all) Milwaukee.

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 20 & 36 x 30"; 280hp; 96rpm engine by Frontier Engine Works, Buffalo, NY. 8'x 15', 100# steam firebox boiler, R. Davis, Milwaukee, WI, 1888.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Manitou Island.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: 27 Sep 1911
How:: Waterlogged & beached.
Final Cargo:: Lumber.
Notes:: Bound Boyne City - Chicago, IL. Sprang leak in storm, ran ashore to save crew; abandoned & broken up. Crew saved by Manitou Lifesaving Service. 1996 Wreck discovered.

History

Chronology:

1888, May 3 First enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1888, May - Jun Towed barges HALSTED & GREY OAK; carrying railroad ties.

1888, Jun 22 Aground with HALSTED in Burlington Bay, MN; no major damages.

1889, Mar 4 Owned John Spry Lumber Co., Chicago, IL.

1890, Spring Towed J.F. JOHNSON; carrying coal from Buffalo, NY - Chicago.

1890, Jun Towed barages JOHN MOTT & E.P. ROYCE, ran Chicago - Port Huron, MI in lumber trade.

1892, Apr 12 Renamed JOHN SPRY.

1893, Jul Towed JOHNSON.

1898, May 27 Arrived Sault St. Marie, MI with broken engine.

1898, Jun 3 Towed by tug GLADIATOR to Milwaukee for repair.

1898, Oct Towed barge ST. LAWRENCE.

1899 - 1900 Towed JOHN T. JOHNSON.

1901, Apr 26 Owned William N. White, Boyne City, MI.

1902, Mar 14 Owned James A. White, Tonawanda, NY.

1903, Mar 25 Renamed THREE BROTHERS.

1906, Oct 17 Released after lighting part of cargoes at Detroit, MI.

1906 Ran in Duluth, MN & Tonawanda lumber trade; widened.

1910, Feb 25 Owned White Transportation Co., Buffalo, NY; engine 422hp.

1911, Sep 27 Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Great Lakes Register; C. Patrick Labadie; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Gerry Metzler; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library

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