1890                                  A. McVittie                                  1920

Wooden Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Detroit MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 99
Launched Dec 28, 1889

253’4” LOA, 240’ LBP, 42’ beam, 24’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engine, 800 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI April 10, 1890 (#72)
240.0 x 42.0 x 23.4, 2046.90 GT, 1552.88 NT     US 106710     to:
Ogdensburg Transit Co., Hamtramck MI (home port Detroit MI)

Entered service 1890

Home port to Ogdensburg NY 1890

Transferred 1900 to Rutland Transit Co., Ogdensburg NY

Sold 1910 to Ogdensburg Coal & Towing Co., Ogdensburg NY
Converted to bulk freighter at Ogdensburg by St. Lawrence Marine Railway Co.
Remeasured to 249.2 x 41.5 x 14.3, 1458 GT, 945 NT

Sold 1917 to Wilfrid  L. McDougald, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)
U. S. enrollment surrendered May 17, 1917
Enrolled Canadian at 240.0 x 41.0 x 14.9, 1440 GT, 911 NT     Can 134491

Sold 1918 to Montreal Transportation Co., Montreal QC

Hull scuttled in 1920 in Lake Ontario off Kingston ON

See history in Scanner Jan 1995 (#217)

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