GEORGE W. PERKINS (1905, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GEORGE W. PERKINS
Also known as:
WESTDALE; H.C. HEIMBECKER
Year of Build:
1905
Official Number:
202166
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Superior, Wisconsin, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
512
Builder Name:
Superior Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 24"-39"-65"; 42" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 15'41/2" x 11'6"
Propulsion Notes:
1800 hp; engine and boilers built by American Shipbuilding Co, 1905
Hull Dimensions
Length:
549'
Beam:
56.2'
Depth:
31'
Tonnage (gross):
6553
Tonnage (net):
5452
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Ashtabula, Ohio
Date:
1981
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

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

1936 Installation of 2 water tube boilers by Babcock & Wilcox Co

1964 Owned Redwood Enterprises Ltd (Reoch); renamed WESTDALE

1977 Owned Soo river Co (Pierson); renamed H.C. HEIMBECKER

1981 Scrapped in Ashtabula, OH

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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