Year of Build:

1889

Official Number:

130432

Built at:

West Bay City, MI

Vessel Type:

Passenger Steamer

Hull Materials:

Wood

Hull Number:

49

Builder Name:

F. W. Wheeler & Co.

Master Carpenter:

G. F. Williams

Original Owner:

Bay line & Fire boat Co.

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

For-and-Aft Compound

# Cylinders:

2

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

14 & 23 x 18", 158hp @ 140rpm engine by Samuel Hodge & Co, Detroit, MI, 1889. 6' x 11', 130# steam, fire box boiler by McKinney Manufacturing Co, Bay City, MI, 1889.

Length:

104.1'

Beam:

22'

Depth:

6.4'

Tonnage (gross):

199.5

Tonnage (net):

112.9

Final Location:

Boneyard above Belleville, ONT.
Bay of Quinte.

Date:

1913

How:

Abandoned.

Notes:

1916, May 26 Enrollment surrendered Cape Vincent.

1891, Apr 1 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1891, Nov 19 Ashore Escanaba, MI, Lake Michigan.

1894 Chartered by World's Fair Excursion & Transportation Boat Co.

1899 Owned George King, Marine City, MI.

1902, May 29 Owned Duncan J. Clow, Duluth, MN.

1905, Jun Ran Duluth to Fond-du-lac.

1912 Burned Clayton, NY.

1912(?) Owned Thousand Island & River St. Lawrence Transportation Co.

c1913 Abandoned, Brockville, St. Lawrence River.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie