Year of Build:

1896

Official Number:

107236

Built at:

West Bay City, MI

Vessel Type:

Bulk Freighter

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

2

Builder Name:

James Davidson

Original Owner and Location:

James Davidson, West Bay City, MI

Number of Masts:

3

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Triple Expansion

# Cylinders:

3

# Boilers:

2

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

22", 33" & 54" cylinder by 42" Frontier Iron Works steam engine, 1100 hp @ 85 rpm. 2 - 12'3" x 12', 160# scotch boilers Wickes Brothers, Saginaw.

Length:

319.8'

Beam:

42'

Depth:

23'

Tonnage (gross):

2643

Tonnage (net):

2082

Final Location:

North Point, Milwaukee.
Lake Michigan.

Date:

2 Nov 1905

How:

Wrecked in "Great Storm of 1905".

Final Cargo:

Coal.

Notes:

Battered to pieces on beach by storm. Hull lies 200 ft. from shore & bow & stern torn off &washed ashore. Boilers & engines removed from wreck 1919.

Largest wooden steamer ever built on lakes, carried chase towing machine & 1300 feet of cable, & generally towed barge.

1903 Owned Pickands, Cleveland.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

Great Lakes Register

John O. Greenwood

C. Patrick Labadie

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley