Year of Build:

1874

Official Number:

75616

Built at:

Cleveland, OH

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Lavayea

Original Owner and Location:

P. Smith, Cleveland, OH

Propulsion:

Screw

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Length:

63'

Beam:

16'

Depth:

8'

Tonnage (gross):

42

Final Location:

Five miles off Pt. Pelee.
Lake Erie.

Date:

3 Nov 1892

How:

Sank.

Notes:

Three lives lost. Enroute to wreck of barge H.P. BALDWIN Colchester, ONT. when boat sprang a leak & sank.

1883 Rebuilt; dimensions recorded 62.8' x 14.9' x 8'; 44.67/22.23 tons.

1890 Repaired.

1892, Nov 3 Sank Lake Erie.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley