BUELL, F. R. (1888, Package Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 28.5" x 36", 350hp at 80rpm S.F.Hodge engine. 10 x 16', 100# steam firebox boiler, Dry Dock Engine Works.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Montreal, QUE.
St.Lawrence River.
How:: Dismantled.
Notes:: Bound Buffalo - Montreal, damaged by storm on Lake Ontario Oct 27, 1922. Declared constructive total loss at Montreal & dismantled there.

History

Chronology:

1888, Aug 10 Owned William Dulac, Mt. Clemens, MI; Chicago Lumber Co., Manistique, MI.

1894, Sep Damaged in a gale 20 miles north of Manistique, MI; cargo pig iron.

1898 - 99, Engine made steeple compound with 20" & 40" cylinders, 36" stroke.

1903, Mar 3 Rebuilt as steambarge, 1 deck, 194 x 35.5 x 13.9', 951 gross / 743 net tons.

1916, Apr 22 Owned Hamilton Transportation Co., agent Oscar E. Parks, Michigan City, IN.

1920, Mar 16 Owned John J. O'Hagan, Tonawanda, NY.

1920, Apr 17 Name change to NAGAHO.

1922, Oct 24 Severe storm damage.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Enrollments, U.S. National Archives; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley; Peter J. VanderLinden

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
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Agency street/mail address:

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
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(989)356-6188

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