FRANCIS WIDLAR (1904, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FRANCIS WIDLAR
Also known as:
BAYTON
Year of Build:
1904
Official Number:
200910
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
421
Builder Name:
American Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:
Columbia Steamship Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 22"-35"-58"; 40" stroke
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 13' 2" x 11' 6"
Propulsion Notes:
1460 hp; engine and boilers built by vessel builder, 1904
Hull Dimensions
Length:
406'
Beam:
50'
Depth:
28'
Tonnage (gross):
4176
Tonnage (net):
3000
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Burns Harbor, Indiana
Date:
1966
How:
Used as breakwater and scrapped
History
Chronology:

1904 Owned Columbia Steamship Co (Becker)

1910 Owned Valley Steamship Co (Becker)

1921 Owned Mathews Steamship Co Ltd; Canada; renamed BAYTON

1933 Owned Sarnia Steamship Ltd (Misener)

1946 Installation of 2 water tube boilers by Babcock & Wilcox Co; built in 1941 by Goldie McCullough Ltd; from corvette DUNDAS

1966 Scrapped

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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