GRIFFIN (1891, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GRIFFIN
Also known as:
JOSEPH S. SCOBELL
Year of Build:
1891
Official Number:
86140
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
12
Builder Name:
Cleveland Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Lake Superior Iron Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 17"-29"-47"; 36" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 11' x 12'
Propulsion Notes:
900 hp; engine and boilers built by vessel builder, 1891
Hull Dimensions
Length:
266'
Beam:
38'
Depth:
23'
Tonnage (gross):
1856
Tonnage (net):
1526
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Humberstone, Ontario
Date:
1970
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1891 Owned Lake Superior Iron Co (W.D. Rees)

1900 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Co (Carnegie)

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

1914 Owned Atlas Steamship Co

1918 Owned Charcoal Iron Company of America

1926 Owned Wolverine Steamship Co

1929 Owned Jones Transportation Co

1936 Owned Central States Transit Co

1937 Owned Erie Sand Steamship Co; renamed JOSEPH S. SCOBELL

1948 Installation of rebuilt oil engine, electric motor, 12 cylinders, 8 1/2" x 10 1/2", 1008 hp, built by General Motors Corp., 1942

1970 Scrapped in Humberstone, ONT

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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