REPUBLIC (1881, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: REPUBLIC
Also known as:: MARQUETTE
Year of Build:: 1881
Official Number:: 110465

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Presley & Co.
Master Carpenter:: George Presley
Original Owner and Location:: Republic Iron Works, Marquette, MI

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Low Pressure
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 2 engines-36" x 36"; Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, OH; 12' x 18' boiler; 60#; by Globe Iron Works.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 235'
Beam:: 35.7'
Depth:: 18.5'
Tonnage (gross):: 1343.23
Tonnage (net):: 1117.91

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Near Michigan Island, off Ashland, WI.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 15 Oct 1903
How:: Sprang leak & foundered.
Final Cargo:: Iron ore.
Notes:: Good weather, decks were blown off by air pressure.

History

Chronology:

1881, Apr 21 Launched.

1881, May 16 Enrolled Marquette.

1881, May 10 First trip to Marquette towing schooners IRONTON & E.P. BEALS.

1887 May have been grounded on Grand Island during past winter.

Towed various barges.

1890, May 15 Downbound towing schooner GRACE HOLLAND, broke crank pin on after-engine Lime Island, Lake Superior; towed to Cleveland for repairs; 1 fore & aft condensing engine; 21" & 44" x 36; from Globe Iron Works; scotch boiler 12'6" x 11'6"; 150#; Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo; 1886.

1890, Aug 5 Name changed to Marquette.

1892 Enrolled Cleveland; owned Moore, Bartow et al.

1901, May 8 Cleveland; owned J.C. Gilchrist et al.

1902, Apr 24 Cleveland, owned Inland Star Transit Co., Mentor, OH.

1903, Apr 20 Cleveland; owned Gilchrist Transportation Co., Mentor, OH.

1903, Oct 15 Sprang leak & foundered.

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