1880                                     Boston     1                                  1941

Iron Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 40
Launched

280’ LOA, 263’ LBP, 36’4” beam, 27’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engine, 700 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Sept 10, 1880 (Temp #28)
263.2 x 36.0 x 15.4, 1829.52 tons (gross tons, 1669.90 NT 1882)     US 3140     to:
Western Transportation Co., Buffalo NY (a subsidiary of the New York Central Railway Co.) (home port Buffalo NY)

Permanent enrollment at Buffalo NY Sept 16, 1880 (#20)

Name of firm changed 1884 to Western Transit Co.

Sold 1912 to Port Huron & Duluth Steamship Co., Port Huron MI and renamed Lakeport.

Sold April 7, 1917 to Northwestern Steamship Co., Port Huron MI

Fleet became insolvent 1918 and was acquired by Minnesota Loan & Trust Co.

Sold April 28, 1919 to Lakes & St. Lawrence Transit Co., Cleveland OH, Peterson & Collinge, Mgr.
Shortened to canal length
Remeasured at 240.0 x 36.0 x 15.6, 1294 GT, 643 NT

Sold 1926 to Buffalo Gravel Corporation, Buffalo NY

Removed from service about 1930 and scrapped 1941

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