Also known as:

A.D. MACBETH

Year of Build:

1897

Official Number:

54525

Built at:

Cleveland, OH

Vessel Type:

Barge

Hull Materials:

Steel

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Globe Iron Works Company

Original Owner and Location:

James Corrigan, Cleveland, Ohio

Length:

376'

Beam:

46'

Depth:

26.7'

Tonnage (gross):

3640

Tonnage (net):

2596

Final Location:

Hamilton, Ontario. Lake Ontario

Date:

1940

How:

Scrapped

Towed by various vessels including ITALIA, AURORA & CALEDONIA, hauling ore from Lake Superior

1908 Converted to powered bulk freighter by American Ship Building

Company, Cleveland; triple expansion engine, 19", 30" + 52" x

40", 1150hp at 82rpm by Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit (1888),

from propeller CALEDONIA; 2 scotch induced draft boilers 12' x

12' by American Ship Building Company

1909 Owned Australia Transit Company, Fairport, Ohio

1917 Owned Pioneer Steam Ship Company, Cleveland

1923 Sold to Buckeye Steam Ship Company, Cleveland; name changed to

A.D.MACBETH

1940 Scrapped at Hamilton, Ontario

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie