DOUGLASS HOUGHTON (1899, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: DOUGLASS HOUGHTON
Year of Build:: 1899
Official Number:: 157552

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 78
Builder Name:: Globe Iron Works
Original Owner:: Bessemer Steamship Co.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Quadruple expansion
# Boilers:: 4 Scotch 13'4" x 11'9
Propulsion Notes:: 2300 hp, 26 1/2"-37"-54 1/2"-8" x 42" stoke engine; engine and boilers built by vessel builder, 1899

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 456'
Beam:: 50.3'
Depth:: 29'
Tonnage (gross):: 5107
Tonnage (net):: 2638

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Toronto, Ontario
Date:: 1969
How:: Used as landfill
Notes:: Off Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition Grounds

History

Chronology:

1899 Owned Bessemer Steamship Co; on September 5 grounded in St. Mary's River and rammed by its tow JOHN FITZ; took 5 days to clear causing largest traffic jam in Great Lakes history

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

1910 Installation of 2 Scotch boilers, 14' x 11'6" by American Shipbuilding Co

1945 Owned Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co Ltd

1969 Used as landfill in Toronto, ONT

Contact

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