JUNIATA (1878, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: JUNIATA
Also known as:: WINNIPEG;WEAVERCOAL
Year of Build:: 1878
Official Number:: 76012

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: Hold-beams, wooden arches, electric light & gangways; duplicate of AVON.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Hull Number:: 12
Builder Name:: Union Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Anchor Line, Erie, PA
Ownership Notes:: A.k.a. Erie & Western Transportation Co.

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 24 + 48 x 48", 525hp engine, H.G. Trout, Buffalo, NY (1878), 9.5 x 18' firebox boiler.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 252.5'
Beam:: 35'
Depth:: 15.3'
Tonnage (gross):: 1,708
Tonnage (net):: 1,474
Capacity:: 2,000 tons

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Montreal, QUE. St. Lawrence River
Date:: 7 Jun 1929
How:: Sunk.

History

Chronology:

1878, Jun 26 Enrolled Erie, PA.

1890, Sep 19 Stranded LaSalle Street Tunnel, Chicago, IL.

1905, Mar 1 Owned Boland & Cornelius, Buffalo, NY; renamed WINNIPEG.

1905 Rebuilt as bulk freighter, upper deck removed; 252.5 x 35 x 15.3, 1108 gross / 874 net tons, capacity 1,500 tons; one scotch boiler 12.5 x 14' @ 110# steam, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, OH (1888).

1906 Made steambarge, Manitowoc, WI; ran Duluth, MN & Tonawanda, NY lumber trade.

1922, Oct 21 Foundered Lachine Canal, QUE.

1923 Recovered & repaired by Canadians, owned F.P. Weaver Coal Co., Montreal, QUE, renamed WEAVERCOAL; 252 X 35 X 16', 1309 gross / 795 net tons.

1929, Jun 7 Sunk at dock, Montreal.

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