HAYWARD, A.D. (1887, Steambarge)

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Identification

Vessel name:: HAYWARD, A.D.
Year of Build:: 1887
Official Number:: 106488

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Manitowoc, WI
Vessel Type:: Steambarge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Burger & Burger
Master Carpenter:: H.B. Burger
Original Owner and Location:: Peter D. Campbell et al, White Lake, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
Propulsion Notes:: 24 x 26" engine, Bloecker, Grand Haven, MI. 8'6" x 14', 100# steam firebox boiler.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 137.9'
Beam:: 28.6'
Depth:: 10.8'
Tonnage (gross):: 304
Tonnage (net):: 224

Final Disposition

Final Location:: South of piers, Harbor Beach, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 20 Sep 1912
How:: Wrecked.
Final Cargo:: None.
Notes:: Stranded; refloated, sunk by storm.

History

Chronology:

1887, Jul 18 Enrolled Grand Haven, MI; lumber & passenger service between Whitehall, MI & Chicago, IL.

1887, Aug 4 Aft cabins damaged by fire; passenger accomodations not replaced.

1888, Jul 25 Owned S.R. Howell, Chicago.

1891, Jul 14 Owned William J. Calhoun, Chicago.

1893 Towed DESHTIGO.

1894, Mar 22 Owned John R. VanSlyke, Detroit.

1897 Machinery & boiler placed in tow barge COLWELL, Marine City, MI; possibly when 19 + 36 x 36" steeple compound engine or 15 + 30 x 28" Hodge fore & aft engine & 6'6" x 16' Love & Shofield boiler installed.

1898, Jul 25 Owned Gilbert LaCroix, Mt. Clemens, MI.

1899, May 22 Rig changed to propeller.

1904, Apr 4 137.75 x 28.5 x 10.42', 298 gross / 220 net tons.

1911, Oct 5 Ashore, White Rock, Lake Huron.

1911, Oct 15 Recovered.

1911, Nov 1 Wrecked on reef south of piers at Harbor Beach enroute to St.Ignace, MI; no cargo.

1912, Apr 11 Documents surrendered, Detriot; "Vessel abandoned".

1912, Sep 9 Floated clear of reef & scuttled.

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