IRON KING (1887, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: IRON KING
Also known as:: CANOBIE
Year of Build:: 1887
Official Number:: 100412

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter; Note: Built with hold beams, diagonal steel straps on frames & steel boiler house.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: J. W. Millen et al., Detroit, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 26 & 48 x 42" stroke 800 @ 86rpm, Detroit Dry Dock Co., Detroit, MI. 9.5' x 141", 105# steam fire box boilers, Detroit Dry Dock Co.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 252.4'
Beam:: 38'
Depth:: 20'
Tonnage (gross):: 1703
Tonnage (net):: 1223

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Erie, PA.
Lake Erie.
Date:: Nov 1921
How:: Scrapped.
Notes:: Condemned & dismantled after storm damage, Lake Erie.

History

Chronology:

1887, Sep 3 Enrolled Detroit, iron ore and coal trade.

1889, Nov Ashore with consort IRON QUEEN, off Bois Blank Island, Lake Huron; released by tugs GLADIATOR and LEVIATHAN.

1890, Jul Damaged in fire at Coal Dock, Ashland, WI; three firemen killed.

1890, Jul Detroit, repairs under her own power.

1891, Oct 2 Grounded, Superior, WI harbor.

1891, Oct 7 Released after lightering and dredging.

1894, Nov 5 Ran into and sank steambarge S. C. BALDWIN, St. Clair River, off Marine City.

1907, Aug 19 Owned D. G. & D. H. Donaldson, Buffalo.

1912, Oct 5 Owned Martin Lee Clark, Buffalo.

1913, Apr 18 Renamed CANOBIE, C133826, 259.25 x 37.33 x 19.66, 1748 gross / 1051 net tons; owned Lehigh Coal Co, Ltd, Wilson Paterson, Manager, Montreal, QUE.

1921, Nov 1 Badly damaged in storm, Lake Erie; dismasted, Erie, PA.

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