COLGATE, JAMES B. (1892, Whaleback)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: W. Superior, WI
Vessel Type:: Whaleback; Note: Hold beams, double bottom ballast tanks; 3 watertight bulkheads.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 1
Hull Number:: 121
Builder Name:: American Steel Barge Co.
Original Owner and Location:: American Steel Barge Co., Duluth, MN.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 19 1/4, 32 & 54 x 42" engine; 1,000hp @ 80rpm, Marinette Iron Works, Duluth. 12' x 13' scotch boilers, 160# steam.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Long Point.
Lake Erie.
Date:: 20 Oct 1916
How:: Storm.
Final Cargo:: Coal.
Notes:: Foundered in one of worst storms ever on Lake Erie, known as Black Friday; 26 lives lost, one saved by carferry MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO.2.

History

Chronology:

1892, Sep 24 Launched; duplicate of WILSON & MATHER.

1892, Nov Beat old speed record across Lake Erie, set by whaleback SAMUEL MATHER.

1893 Towed four barges.

1893, Nov Collision with Canadian passenger steamer ATHABASCA, Lake George, St. Mary's River, both seriously damaged.

1898, Sep Damaged in heavy seas near Whitefish Point; repaired Sault Ste. Marie.

1898, Nov Collision with steamer Globe, Duluth Harbor; repaired West Superior, WI.

1907, Sep 21 Grounded off Grand Island in collision with BARGE 133 at Ashland, Lake Superior; repaired Duluth.

1916, Oct 20 Lost, Lake Erie near steamer MERIDA, owned Standard Transit Co., MN.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; David Swayze Shipwreck Database; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Contact

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