1881                                                Michigan     1                                1885

Iron Great Lakes passenger and package freight vessel

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 48
Launched Aug 20, 1881

218’ LOA, 204’ LBP, 35’ beam, 22’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engine, 650 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Oct 14, 1881 (Temp #37)
203.9 x 35.1 x 11.7, 1183.19 tons (gross tons, 1024.18 NT 1882)     US 91382     to:
Goodrich Transportation Co., (home port Kenosha WI)

Entered service 1881

Permanent enrollment at Milwaukee WI Nov 4, 1881

Sold May 1, 1883 to Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co., Grand Haven MI

Foundered March 19, 1885 off Holland MI, Lake Michigan.  No lives lost.  Trapped by ice Feb 9; crushed by ice March 19 and sank.  Crew taken off by tug Arctic.  Enrollment surrendered  March 24, 1885

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