PRESQUE ISLE (1898, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PRESQUE ISLE
Also known as:
E.M. FORD
Year of Build:
1898
Official Number:
150786
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
30
Builder Name:
Cleveland Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Presque Isle Transportation Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadruple expansion
# Boilers:
2 water tube
Propulsion Notes:
1500hp, 17"-2 1/2"-39"-60" x 40" engine built by vessel builder, 1898; boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co, 1898
Hull Dimensions
Length:
406'
Beam:
50'
Depth:
28'
Tonnage (gross):
4578
Tonnage (net):
3570
History
Chronology:

1898 Owned Presque Isle Transportation Co (Cleveland-Cliffs)

1915 Reconstructed by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ashtabula, OH

1922 Installation of 2 Scotch boilers, 13'9" x 11', by Toledo Shipbuilding Co

1955 Owned Huron Portland Cement Co

1956 Converted to self-unloader by Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI; renamed E.M. FORD

1956 Collided with A.M. BYERS on April 19, 2 1/2 miles south of Algonac, MI

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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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