SIERRA (1906, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: SIERRA
Year of Build:: 1906
Official Number:: 203757

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 108
Builder Name:: Toledo Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:: Inter-Ocean Steamship Co

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Quadruple expansion
# Boilers:: 2 Scotch 12' 6" x 11' 10 1/2"
Propulsion Notes:: 16 1/2"-24"-35"-50" x 42", 1350 hp engine built by vessel builder, 1906; boilers built by Marine Boiler Works, 1906

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 438'
Beam:: 52'
Depth:: 28'
Tonnage (gross):: 4846
Tonnage (net):: 4287

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Hamilton, Ontario
Date:: 1964
How:: Scrapped

History

Chronology:

1906 Owned Inter-Ocean Steamship Co (Tomlinson)

1929 Installation of 2 Scotch boilers, 15' x 11' 9", built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, 1918; converted to self-unloader by Sturgeon Bay Drydock Co

1931 Owned Sierra Transportation Co

1950 Owned Columbia Transportation Co

1964 Scrapped in Hamilton, ONT

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:

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Agency street/mail address:

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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