ALIBER, JOHN A. (1897, Steambarge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALIBER, JOHN A.
Also known as:
MABLE A.
Year of Build:
1897
Official Number:
77259
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Saugatuck, MI
Vessel Type:
Steambarge
Note: Combination tug & steambarge.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Wilson
Original Owner and Location:
W.P. Wilson, Saugatuck, MI
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
HPNC engine by Murphy & Tarrant, Chicago; 12 x 12"; 160hp @ 180 rev. 1897 Firebox boiler 4'4" x 9'6"; 100#; by Johnston Bros., Ferrysurg 1897. Machinery from tug A.S. ALLEN.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
73'
Beam:
14.2'
Depth:
5.4'
Tonnage (gross):
32
Tonnage (net):
18
Final Disposition
Date:
1927
How:
Abandoned for age.
History
Chronology:

1897, Apr 21 Steamer launched.

1898, Dec Owned Will Wilson.

1899 Daily trips between South Haven & Glenn for fruit & passenger service.

1900 Regular trips between Saugatuck and Holland, MI.

1901, Mar 1 Repairs.

1903, Apr 3 Rebuilt AUBER launched, 3' wider.

1904, May 27 Struck sunken wreck damaged hull.

1907, Mar Repairs: new piston, cylinder bore, & repainted.

1914, Nov Engine strap broke, disabling vessel; soon repaired.

1915, Jan 15 New fore & aft engines, Montague Ironworks, 12 & 24 x 30.

1919, May Collision with gravel scow in harbor, Holland.

1922, Oct 22 Wrecked & beached, Macatawa.

1922, Nov. 3 Hulk purchased Harrington Coal Co.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Frederick Stonehouse
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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