NIAGARA FRONTIER (1910, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
NIAGARA FRONTIER
Also known as:
FRONTIER
Year of Build:
1910
Official Number:
207434
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York, United States
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Note: supply boat
Additional vessel types:
Barge; Other
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
216
Builder Name:
Buffalo Drydock Co
Original Owner:
Buffalo & Fort Erie Ferry & Railway Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
120'
Beam:
39'
Depth:
14.5'
Tonnage (gross):
421
Tonnage (net):
287
Final Disposition
How:
Abandoned
History
Chronology:

1910 Owned Buffalo & Fort Erie Ferry & Railway Co

1917 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Co (U.S. Steel); converted to supply boat; renamed FRONTIER

1937 Sank at Soo on June 19th while servicing WILLIAM J. OLCOTT; 2 lives lost

1947 Owned Hans Hansen Welding Co; reduced to floating workshop

1949 Removed from documentation until 1957

1957 Owned E. & H. Transportation Co Inc; converted to barge

1960 Reduced to 99' x 30' x 7.5'

1963 Owned Keith Malcolm

1974 Owned BASF Wyandotte Corp

1974 Owned National Bank of Detroit

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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