1893                                 L. R. Doty                                 1898

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by F. W. Wheeler & Co., Hull 97
Launched May 18, 1893

312’ LOA, 291’ LBP, 41’ beam, 20’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine,

Enrolled at Port Huron MI May 29, 1893 (Temp #173)
291.0 x 41.0 x 19.8, 2056.34 GT, 1709.30 NT     US 141272     to:
W. A. Hawgood, Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Entered service 1893

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH June 5, 1893 (#119) (to Cuyahoga Transit Co., W. A. Hawgood, Mgr.)

Home port to Rockport OH 1894

Home port to Fairport OH 1897

Foundered Oct 25, 1898 off Kenosha WI, Lake Michigan.  Enroute from Chicago IL to Midland ON with cargo of corn towing barge Olive Jeanette (which survived).  All aboard lost (17 or 18).
Enrollment surrendered March 6, 1899.  Barge returned to Chicago under her own sail.

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