CITY OF LONDON (1891, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: CITY OF LONDON
Year of Build:: 1891
Official Number:: 126731

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: James Davidson
Original Owner and Location:: James Davidson, Bay City, MI.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: 20", 30" & 54" x 40", 900hp, 82rpm engine by Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, MI. 11'6" x 13', 150# steam, scotch boilers by Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo, NY.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 297'
Beam:: 41'
Depth:: 21'
Tonnage (gross):: 2005
Tonnage (net):: 1675

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 1.5 miles SW of Point Pelee, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:: 30 Sep 1913
How:: Collision, sunk.
Final Cargo:: Grain.
Notes:: Collision with steamer JOE E. MORROW in fog; machinery removed & hull dynamited in 1914.

History

Chronology:

1891 Ashore near DeTour, MI; released by steamer CITY OF GLASGOW.

1894, Oct 29 Ashore on Spanore Island near DeTour, MI; released after dumping 100 tons coal by tugs GLADIATOR & MERRICK; sent to dry dock at Superior, WI.

1906, Aug Disabled off Manitou Island, Lake Superior, by loss of propeller wheel; towed to Two Harbors.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

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