1902                                  Milwaukee     1                                  1940

Steel Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Chicago IL by Chicago Shipbuilding Co., Hull 55
Launched May 3, 1902

325’ LBP, 44’ beam, 28’ depth
2 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1600 IHP

Enrolled at Buffalo NY June 10, 1902 (#96)
325.0 x 44.0 x 28.0, 3327 GT, 2424 NT     US 93265     to:
Western Transit Co., Buffalo NY

Entered service 1902

Sold Feb 22, 1916 to Great Lakes Transit Corporation, Buffalo NY
The railroads were required under the provisions of the Panama Canal Act of 1912 to divest themselves of competing vessels.  Great Lakes Transit Corporation was organized to own and operate these vessels.

Sold for scrap 1940 to Steel Company of Canada.  Scrapped at Hamilton Ont.

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