Also known as:

RICHLAND QUEEN;PETCOL

Year of Build:

1898

Official Number:

107348

Built at:

W. Bay City, MI

Vessel Type:

Bulk Freighter

Note: One deck with hold-beams, diagonal straps on her frames, steel boilerhouse & reinforced bows.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Hull Number:

88

Builder Name:

James Davidson

Original Owner and Location:

James Davidson, W. Bay City, MI

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Triple Expansion

# Cylinders:

3

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

Steam engine from S.F. Hodge & Co., Detroit(1898);16, 25, 42 x 36"; boiler from Wickes Brothers Boiler Works, Saginaw (1898) Scotch, 12'3"x12'; 160# steam pressure, forced draft.

Length:

295'

Beam:

44'

Depth:

21.01'

Tonnage (gross):

2228

Tonnage (net):

1930

Final Location:

Bay City, Michigan, Lake Huron

Date:

1930

How:

Abandoned.

1898, Apr 28 Launched Bay City, MI.

1916 Richland Steamship Co., Cleveland.

1923 Peterson & Collinge, Cleveland.

1923 Aetna Portland Cement Co., Detroit.

1927 Mid-West Transportation Co., Detroit.

1930 Abandoned Bay City.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

American Bureau of Shipping

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

Great Lakes Register

Newspaper Clippings

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

C. Patrick Labadie

Donald V. Baut