WILLIAM E. COREY (1905, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WILLIAM E. COREY
Also known as:
RIDGETOWN
Year of Build:
1905
Official Number:
202296
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Note: Breakwater
Additional vessel types:
Other
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
67
Builder Name:
Chicago Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 24"-39"-65"; 42" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 15' 4" x 11' 6"
Propulsion Notes:
1800 hp engine built by American Shipbuilding Co, 1905
Hull Dimensions
Length:
549'
Beam:
56'
Depth:
31'
Tonnage (gross):
6363
Tonnage (net):
5045
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Credit, Ontario
Date:
1974
How:
Sunk as breakwater
History
Chronology:

1905 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Co (U.S. Steel Corp.)

1937 Installation of 2 water tube boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co

1963 Owned Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd; renamed RIDGETOWN

1974 Sunk as breakwater at Port Credit, ONT

Contact
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
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