1889                                       George F. Williams                     1913

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by F. W. Wheeler & Co., Hull 58
Launched July 24, 1889

291’ LOA, 280’ LBP, 41’ beam, 22’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Aug 5, 1889 (#4)
280.0 x 41.4 x 20.3, 1888.44 GT, 1506.85 NT     US 86060     to:
H. A. Hawgood ¼ Waldo A. Avery ¼ and John H. Avery ½, Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Entered service 1889

Transferred 1891 to Hawgood & Avery Transit Co., H. A. Hawgood, Mgr.

Home port to Rockford OH 1894

Home port to Fairport OH 1896

Sold 1901 to Gilchrist Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Vermillion OH)

Home port to Fairport OH 1903

Abandoned 1913 at Chicago IL.  Enrollment surrendered March 25, 1913.  Reportedly towed April 21, 1915 into Lake Michigan off Hammond IN and scuttled.

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