WEHRLE, A., JR. (1889, Steamer)

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Identification

Vessel name:: WEHRLE, A., JR.
Also known as:: ROTARIAN
Year of Build:: 1889
Official Number:: 106652

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sandusky, OH
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: John Monk
Original Owner:: A. Wehrle, Jr.

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: machinery reportedly from Civil War blockade runner, Baltimore, MD 9' 6" x 16', 60# steam, firebox boiler

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 148' 2"
Beam:: 26' 5"
Depth:: 9'
Tonnage (gross):: 421
Tonnage (net):: 291

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 12 miles off Chicago, Il
Lake Michigan
Date:: 28 Sep 1931
How:: scuttled

History

Chronology:

1889, Jul 17 launched; ran Lake Erie Islands

1890 40 x 84", 385hp @ 30rpm vertical beam engine, Klotz & Kramer, Sandusky, OH

1891, Apr 10 Owned Cedar Point Resort Co. (G. H. Boeckling); ran Lake Erie south shore

1915 Owned Joseph Borassa, Houghton, MI; ran Houghton-Osceola Park, Portage Waterway, Lake Superior

1919 Owned Clow & Nicholson Transportation Co., Duluth, MN; rebuilt over winter

1920, Spring Renamed ROTARIAN; 146.8 x 41.9 x 9; 307 gross/196 net tons; ran exursions Duluth-Fond du Lac, MN

1927 Owned Hanes Murphy & Co. (Illinois Society for Democracy), Chicago, IL; machinery removed at Sturgeon Bay, WI; used as restaurant, Clark Street, Chicago River

1931 Sank from abandonment; raised, scuttled

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