1881 Jesse H. Farwell 1923
Wooden Great Lakes package freighter
Built at Gibraltar MI by Linn & Craig, Hull 20
Launched April 23, 1881
212’ LBP, 35’ beam, 21’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 600 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI May 23, 1881 (#133)
212.2 x 35.6 x 19.6, 1200.96 tons (997.65 NT 1882) US 76203 to:
Thomas Adams and Jesse H. Farwell, Detroit MI (home port Detroit MI)
Entered service 1881
Transferred 1895 to Ecorse Transportation Co., Ecorse MI (home port to Ecorse MI)
Home port back to Detroit MI 1896
Sold 1904 to William H. Follette, Tonawanda NY
Rebuilt 1911 to bulk freighter for the lumber trade at Tonawanda NY
Remeasured to 207.2 x 35.6 x 12.0, 756 GT, 538 NT
Renamed James W. Follette 1912
Sold May 2, 1916 to Plunkett Navigation Co., Cobourg ON, George Plunkett, Mgr. (home port to Cobourg ON)
Enrolled Canadian at 207.2 x 35.6 x 12.0, 756 GT, 540 NT Can 116816
Sold 1918 to George Hall Coal Co. of Canada, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)
Fleet renamed George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation 1922
Sold for scrap 1923. Hull scuttled in Lake Ontario.
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