MARION (1889, Steambarge)

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Identification

Vessel name:: MARION
Also known as:: HORN, CHARLES
Year of Build:: 1889
Official Number:: 92102

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sheboygan, WI
Vessel Type:: Steambarge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Reiboldt & Wolter
Master Carpenter:: Joseph Wolter
Original Owner and Location:: John Cochrane et al, Milwaukee, WI.
Ownership Notes:: James E. Danaher & George N. Stray, Ludington, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 24 + 44 x 42", 700hp @ 78rpm engine, Samuel F. Hodge & Co., Detroit, MI (1889). 8' x 141" @114# steam firebox boilers, McGregor, Milwaukee, WI (1889).

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 202.2'
Beam:: 34.7'
Depth:: 13.1'
Tonnage (gross):: 930.21
Tonnage (net):: 672.44
Capacity:: 1,000,000' lumber

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 25 miles off Point Petre, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: 16 May 1926
Final Depth:: 138''
How:: Burned.
Final Cargo:: Grain.
Notes:: Crew rescued by freighter ROBERT J. BUCK.

History

Chronology:

1889, May Launched Milwaukee, WI.

1889, Jun 24 Enrolled Milwaukee; coal, grain & lumber trade.

1889, Sep 17 Collision with PHILLIP D. ARMOUR at St. Clair Flats.

1890, Mar 17 Rebuilt, 2 decks; readmaesured 217.1 x 34.7 x 19.9'; 1206.47 gross / 978.45 net tons; managing owner James E. Danaher, Ludington, MI; towed ALLEGHANY & NELSON BLOOM.

1890, Jun Carried coal Holboken, NY to Ottawa, ONT.

1899, Apr 26 Owned Samuel, Sidney & Charles Neff, Milwaukee, WI.

1899, May 24 Rebuilt Milwaukee; single deck, 2 masts; 202.2 x 34.7 x 13.1'; 930 gross / 672 net tons.

1903, Feb 25 Owned Michigan, Indiana & Illinois Line, Chicago; Robert Warner, assistant secretary.

1912, Oct 15 Owned Morton Salt Co.; Robert Warner, assistant secretary; reboilered, 12' x 151" @ 135# steam firebox boiler by Manitowoc Boiler Works (1912).

1915 Ashore near Ludington.

1922, Jun 14 Owned Horn-Lanow Transportation Co, Gary, IN; renamed CHARLES HORN.

1926, May 16 Wrecked Lake Ontario.

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