1893 City of Mackinac 1940
Steel sidewheel overnight passenger vessel
Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 116
Launched May 2, 1893
275’ LOA, 266’ LBP, 38’ beam, 24’4” depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, vertical beam engine, 2400 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI Aug 16, 1893 (#14)
266.0 x 69.2 x 13.4, 1749.65 GT, 1277.86 NT US 126988 to:
Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co., Detroit MI, David Carter, Mgr. (home port Detroit MI)
Name of firm changed 1898 to Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.
Renamed City of Mackinac II 1912
Out of service at Detroit MI 1920 and 1921 seasons
Sold Dec 22, 1921 to Graham & Morton Transportation Co., Chicago IL.
Renamed City of Holland 1922
Fleet merged 1925 into Goodrich Transit Co., Chicago IL (home port to Duluth MN)
Firm went bankrupt Dec 1932. Vessel laid up at Chicago IL and taken over 1933 by Michigan Trust Co.
Sold Dec 1935 at Marshal’s sale to John Roen, Sturgeon Bay WI. Towed to Sturgeon Bay in 1936 and scrapped there in 194
See history in Detroit Marine Historian Feb 1958 (#92)
Also Oct 1964 (#151)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 124
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Do you have any photos of her that I may use ina small book I am writing about Charlevoix history?