THISTLE (1881, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
THISTLE
Year of Build:
1881
Official Number:
78024
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Collingwood, ONT
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Note: fish tug
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Morrill & Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
8.12" x 13", 25hp engine, McGilvray Cameron & Co.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
66'
Beam:
13.6'
Depth:
7'
Tonnage (gross):
36
Tonnage (net):
25
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Stanley, ONT. Lake Erie
Date:
1932
How:
broken up
History
Chronology:

1883 Owned Isaac Clark, Collingwood.

1884 Owned Dawson W. Port, Port of hail Toronto.

1886 Owned Isaac Clark, Collingwood.

1891 Same owner; rebuilt; may be when new machinery installed, 22" x 24", 130hp high pressure non-conensing engine, Whitman Co., Buffalo, 1890,; 8' x 14', 135psi fireboxc boiler, M. Ritter, Buffalo, 1890.

1902 Owned Dominion Fish Co., port of hail Collingwood.

1903 Owned Hand & Johnson Tug Line, port of hail Collingwood.

1906 Rebuilt.

1908 Owned Dominion Fish Co., Collingwood.

1912 Owned Rendeau Tug Co., port of hail Collingwood.

1930 Owned Donald McAuley, Erieau, ONT.

1932 Broken up.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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