1888 Tom Adams 1910
Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at West Bay City by F. W. Wheeler & Co., Hull 36
Launched April 23, 1888
291’ LBP, 41’ beam, 22’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI May 3, 1888 (#93)
281.1 x 41.4 x 20.0, 1810.67 GT, 1451.11 NT US 145481 to:
Thomas Adams and Farwell Transportation Co. ½ each, Detroit MI (home port Detroit MI)
Entered service 1888
Transferred 1895 to Thomas Adams and Ecorse Transportation Co. (home port to Ecorse MI)
Home port back to Detroit MI 1896
Renamed Langham 1902
Burned Oct 27, 1910 off Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior. Upbound from Cleveland OH to Fort William ON with cargo of coal, took shelter from storm in Bete Gris Bay. Caught fire while anchored there and sank. No lives lost. Enrollment surrendered March 31, 1911.
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