AVERILL, WILLIAM J. (1884, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: AVERILL, WILLIAM J.
Also known as:: OATLAND
Year of Build:: 1884
Official Number:: 81027

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: Diagonal steel straps on frames, 4 compartments, steel boiler-house.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Hull Number:: 68
Builder Name:: Detroit Drydock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Rutland Transit Co., Ogdensburg, NY

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 27" & 44" cylinder, 40" stroke, 800hp @ 75rpm engine, built Detroit Dry Co. 2 - 8' x 15' 6" coal fired boilers, Kingsford Foundry Works, Oswego, NY. auxillary sail.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 241.7'
Beam:: 36.7'
Depth:: 14.5'
Tonnage (gross):: 1603
Tonnage (net):: 1425
Capacity:: 40,000 bu

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Lake Ontario.
Date:: 1931
How:: Abandoned.

History

Chronology:

1884, Mar 29 Launched Detroit for Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad Co., cost $125,000. Sister ships WILLIAM A. HASKELL & WALTER L. FROST; ports of call Chicago, Milwaukee, Port Huron, Detroit, Cleveland, Oswego, Cape Vincent, Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Morristown & Ogdensburg.

1885, Mar 29 Defaulted to Detroit Dry Dock Co.

1886, Mar 27 Running in Ogdensburg Line.

1890, Jun 13 Ashore South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan.

1899 Owned Ogdensburg Transit Co.

1916 Purchased Lake & River Transportation Co., Montreal, QUE; R.M. Wolvin, agent; renamed OATLAND C138107; 1854 gross tons/1063 net tons.

1917 Owned Montreal Transportation Co. Ltd.

1917-1920 Managed Canada Steamship Lines Ltd.

1925 Retired, laid up Kingston.

1927 Declared abandoned.

1931 Hull discarded to island in Lake Ontario near Cape Vincent, NY.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: American Bureau of Shipping; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society; Lorne Joyce; Peter J. VanderLinden