JESSE SPALDING (1899, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
JESSE SPALDING
Also known as:
MOOREMACK; VINDAL; CORDOVA; JAY A. PEARSON; ROCKWOOD
Year of Build:
1899
Official Number:
77362
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, Michigan, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Additional vessel types:
Dredge
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
127
Builder Name:
F.W. Wheeler Co
Original Owner and Location:
Spalding Lumber Co, Spalding, MI
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 17"-28"-47"; 36" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 11' x 12'
Propulsion Notes:
800 hp engine built by vessel builder, 1899; boilers built by Wickes Bros, 1899
Hull Dimensions
Length:
225' 9"
Beam:
40'
Depth:
14'
Tonnage (gross):
1043
Tonnage (net):
856
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Ashtabula, Ohio
Date:
1963
How:
Scrapped, 1962-1963
History
Chronology:

1899 Owned Spalding Lumber Co

1916 Owned Coastwise Steamship Co (Moore-McCormack); renamed MOOREMACK

1919 Owned Vindall Steamship Co; renamed VINDAL

1921 Owned Calumet Steamship Co (Sullivan)

1923 Owned Detroit Sulphite Transportation Co; renamed CORDOVA

1923 Renamed JAY A. PEARSON

1925 Owned F.D. Gleason Coal Co; converted to self-unloader

1935 Owned Tri-Lakes Steamship Co (Nicholson); renamed ROCKWOOD

1943 Repowered and converted to sand dredge

1947 Owned Kelley Island Lime & Transportation Co

1952 Repowered with diesel engines

1955 Owned Rockwood Steamship Co (Erie Steamship Co)

1960 Owned Erie Sand & Gravel Co

1962-1963 Scrapped

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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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