MCCORMICK (1887, Steambarge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MCCORMICK
Also known as:
ISABELLA H.
Year of Build:
1887
Official Number:
91938
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Grand Haven, MI
Vessel Type:
Steambarge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
T.W. Kirby
Original Owner and Location:
McCormick Harvester Machinery Co., Chicago, IL.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
18" x 20" engine. 6.5' x 12' boiler.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
106'
Beam:
24.7'
Depth:
8'
Tonnage (gross):
160.94
Tonnage (net):
120.63
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Oswego, New York Harbor.
Lake Ontario.

Date:
28 Sep 1925
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Stone.
Notes:
Bound Cape Vincent, NY - Sodus, NY with HINCKLEY, foundered in storm. 1931 Dynamited by Coast Guard.
History
Chronology:

1887, Aug 12 Enrolled Grand Haven, MI.

1890, Apr 14 Owned Western Transit Co, Buffalo, NY.

1907, Oct 24 Owned Walter J. Metcalf, Cleveland, OH.

1909, Jun 16 Owned A.R. Hinckley, Oswego, NY.

1911, Jun Abandoned as unfit, Chaumont, NY.

1915 Rebuilt, Chaumont by Frank Philips, renamed ISABELLA H., US213102, 100.8 x 25.9 x 11.1', 248 gross tons.

1925, Sep 28 Foundered, Lake Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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