SWEEPSTAKES (1867, Tug (Towboat))

Also known as:

SEA KING

Year of Build:

1867

Official Number:

22883 OR 22383

Built at:

Cleveland, OH

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Note: Fan tail stern.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Quayle & Martin

Original Owner and Location:

H.N. Strong, Detroit, MI

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

30" x 30" engine by Samuel F. Hodge, Detroit, MI; probably later rebuilt as 22 & 40 x 32"; 300hp @ 85 rpm steeple compound engine; 14' x 12', 150# steam, scotch boiler(original?).

Length:

130.7'

Beam:

21.8'

Depth:

11.8'

Tonnage (gross):

205.88

Date:

1923

How:

Sank & abandoned.

St. Clair River tug.

1869 Part of Detroit Tug Association & St. Clair River Tug Association.

1869, Aug Broke cylinder head, St. Clair River.

1871, Jul/Aug Machinery disabled; repaired Detroit.

1871, Sep Collided with bark MONARCH, Lake Erie; lost smokestack.

1872 Towed log rafts.

1873 Rebuilt; "housed-in"; 227.89 gross/139.83 net tons.

1875 Owned Strong Estate, Detroit.

1875, Apr Operated by John R. Gillett, Detroit.

1881, Mar - May Chartered by Peshtigo Lumber Co; towed lumber vessel in Peshtigo-Chicago trade.

1883, Sep 24 Grounded Point Edward, St. Clair River, aiding steambarge SANILAC; seized for serving in Canadian waters.

1884 Owned Thomas Pitts, Detroit.

1885 Owned John Pridgeon, Detroit.

1887 Rebuilt; outfitted as wrecker.

1889 Owned John Pridgeon, Jr., Detroit; rebuilt; new boiler.

1890, Nov 6 Lost stern post & shoe, East Tawas, MI., Lake Huron.

1891 Owned S.B. Grummond, Detroit.

1892, Apr 15 Owned Ben Boutell, Bay City(Saginaw Bay Towing Co.); large repairs.

1894 One 13' x 13', 110# steam, scotch boiler built by Wickes Bros., Saginaw, MI.

1897 Rebuilt by Ben Boutell, Bay City; staterooms, electric lights, steam heat, toilets.

1898 To Atlantic coast; owned Boutell Barge line; towed coal barges.

1899, May Organized as Boutell Transportation & Towing Co.

1901, Geb 1 New rudder, New York City.

1904 Owned Davis Coal & Coke Co., New York.

1906 Owned Western Maryland Railroad Co., Baltimore, MD.

1908 Listed with 15 & 30 x 24', 500hp; fore & aft compound engine built by Richards Iron Works, Manitowoc, WI; one 8 1/3' x 14' scotch boiler.

1912 Rebuilt; 130.7 x 21.8 x 12.5; 289 gross/168 net tons.

1913, Dec 20 Renamed SEA KING.

1920's Owned Eastern (and/or) Northern Transportation Co., Wilmington, DE; listed with 16 1/2 & 35 1/2 x 26"; 600hp fore & aft compound engine.

1923 Sank & abandoned.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie