PARKS FOSTER (1889, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PARKS FOSTER
Also known as:
SUPERIOR
Year of Build:
1889
Official Number:
150478
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
27
Builder Name:
Globe Iron Works
Original Owner:
Owen Transit Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Fore & Aft Compound 22 1/2" - 50" x 42"
# Boilers:
2 firebox 9' x 14'
Propulsion Notes:
Engine and boilers built by vessel builder, 1889
Hull Dimensions
Length:
262'
Beam:
38' 2"
Depth:
23'
Tonnage (gross):
1774
Tonnage (net):
1054
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Weller, Ontario
Date:
1961
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1889 Owned Owen Transit Co

1902 Owned National Steamship Co (J.G. Keith)

1916 Owned John Prindiville & Co

1920 Owned Reid Wrecking Co

1921 Shortened 14' by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, MI

1928 Owned F.G. Wilson

1929 Owned Northwest Transportation Co Ltd; renamed SUPERIOR

1931 Installation of triple expansion engine, 17 1/2" - 29" - 47" x 33", 900 hp, built by Canadian Ingersoll-Rand Co; installation of 2 Scotch boilers, 12'6" x 11', built by Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd.

1931 Owned Great Lakes Transit Corporation Ltd

1931 Owned Northwest Steamship Co Ltd

1961 Scrapped in Port Weller, ONT

Contact
Contact
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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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