CAMBRIA (1887, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: CAMBRIA
Also known as:: LAKELAND
Year of Build:: 1887
Official Number:: 126420

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Additional vessel types:: Package Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 12
Builder Name:: Globe Iron Works
Original Owner:: Mutual Transportation Co

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple expansion 24"-38"-61"; 42" stroke
# Boilers:: 2 Scotch 12' x 14'
Propulsion Notes:: 1200 hp; engine and boiler built by Globe Iron Works, 1887

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 280'
Beam:: 39'
Depth:: 24'
Tonnage (gross):: 1878
Tonnage (net):: 1377

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Off Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan
Date:: 3 Dec 1924
How:: Foundered

History

Chronology:

1887 Owned Mutual Transportation Co

1899 Owned National Steel Co

1901 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Co (U.S. Steel)

1910 Owned Port Huron & Duluth Transportation Co; rebuilt as a passenger/package freighter in Milwaukee, WI; 2425 gross tons, 1813 net tons; renamed LAKELAND

1917 Owned Northwestern Steamship Co

1919 Owned Peterson & Collinge

1920 Owned Tri-State Steamship Co

1924 Founder of Milwaukee, WI. Lake Michiganon December 3

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Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:

https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:

211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188