1880                                      Iron Age                                     1909

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Detroit MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 37
Launched April 12, 1880

187’3” LOA, 226’ LBP, 34’ beam, 19’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boiler, low pressure engine, 485 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI April 28, 1880 (#104)
176.0 x 34.1 x 16.9, 859.46 tons (712.63 NT 1882)     US 100256     to:
Detroit Transportation Co., Detroit MI (home port to Detroit MI)

Entered service 1880

Lengthened 1887
Remeasured to 226.0 x 34.4 x 16.8, 1114.40 GT, 967.57 NT

Repowered 1898 with steeple compound engine

Sold 1899 to James Corrigan, Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold 1907 to Capt. W. J. Willoughby and Richard Baxter ½ each, Cleveland OH

Capt. Willoughby was in the process of transferring the vessel to Canadian flag but she was lost before the transfer could be completed.
Burned April 3, 1909 near Bar Point, off the mouth of Detroit River, Lake Erie.  No lives lost.  Enrollment surrendered June 14, 1909.

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