CITY OF MACKINAC (1893, Steamer)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Wyandotte, MI
Vessel Type:: Steamer; Note: Passenger & freight; bow rudder.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Hull Number:: 116
Builder Name:: Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co., Detroit, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: 44", 66" & 88" cylinders x 132" stroke, 2000hp at 27rpm by W.A. Fletcher & Co., Hoboken, NJ, 1893 12' x 20'; 2 forced draft scotch boilers, 120# steam by Drydock Engine Works, Detroit, MI., 1893

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1893, May 3 Launched.

1896, Sep 13 Collision with schooner WILLIAM CROSTHWAITE in Lake St. Clair, sinking the schooner.

1899, Jun 7 Struck pier, Toledo, OH.

1912 Renamed CITY OF MACKINAC II.

1913, Nov.10 Wrecked her rudder in storm of 1913, limped down Lake Huron without it.

1919 Laid up at Detroit, MI.

1921 Owned Graham & Morton Co., Chicago, IL; renamed CITY OF HOLLAND; painted white.

1924, Oct 16 Owned Goodrich Transit Co., Chicago.

1928 Laid up Benton Harbor, MI.

1933, May Auctioned to Michigan Trust Co., Grand Rapids, MI.

1935 Owned Capt. John Roen, Woodmere Scrap Iron & Metal Co., Detroit.

1936 Towed to Sturgeon Bay, WI.

1940, Feb Scrapped.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: American Bureau of Shipping; Dossin Great Lakes Museum; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

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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