Also known as:

CLIFTON

Year of Build:

1892

Official Number:

116484

Built at:

W. Superior, WI

Vessel Type:

Whaleback

Note: Double bottom water ballast tanks; 2 watertight bulkheads.

Hull Materials:

Steel

Number of Decks:

2

Hull Number:

120

Builder Name:

Alex M. McDougall

Original Owner and Location:

American Steel Barge Co., Duluth, MN

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Triple Expansion

# Cylinders:

3

# Boilers:

2

Propulsion Notes:

20, 32+54 X 42" engine, 900 hp, @ 75 rpm; by Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, MI, 1892. 12' X 13' scotch boilers, @ 160# steam; by Wickes Brothers, Saginaw, MI., 1892. Wheel four bladed 12.5' diameter, weighs 7500#

Length:

308'

Beam:

38'

Depth:

24'

Tonnage (gross):

1713

Tonnage (net):

1318

Capacity:

100,000 bushels

Final Location:

Off Forty Mile Point, 30 miles ENE Oscoda, MI
Lake Huron.

Date:

21 Sep 1924

How:

Foundered.

Final Cargo:

Stone.

Notes:

Bound Sturgeon Bay, WI to Detroit, MI; all hands (24) lost; cargo shifted and she turned turtle.

1892, May 21 Launched; largest ever built at McDougall yards.

1892, Jun 6 Maiden trip to Two Harbors for ore.

1892, Aug Carried 116,000 bushels corn form Chicago, IL.

1893, Nov 28 Aground Red Stake above Cobal.

1896, Apr 25 Aground 2 miles above canal.

1897 Steering disabled.

1900, Jun Owned Bessemer Steamship Co., Duluth, MN.

1901 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH.

1912 2-scotch boilers 13'9" X 11'6"; by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI, 1912.

1922 Owned Clifton Transportation Co., Cleveland, OH; renamed CLIFTON.

1923 Converted to self unloader.

1924 Owned Progress Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH.

1924, Sep 21 Sunk Lake Huron.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie