1887                                   Fayette Brown     1                                    1926

Composite Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 78
Launched May 14, 1887

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI June 30, 1887 (#100)
252.6 x 40.3 x 18.6, 1740.55 GT, 1515.76 NT     US 120682     to:
Northwestern Transportation Co., Detroit MI, E. M. Peck, Mgr. (home port Detroit MI)

Entered service 1887

Lengthened 48’ winter 1895-96 at Detroit MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co. (Clark Street drydock)
Remeasured to 306.3 x 40.0 x 18.0, 2080.92 GT, 1217.42 NT

Sold 1911 to Omega Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH) and renamed Omega.

Sold March 28, 1916 to Dakota Transit Co., Duluth MN (home port to Duluth MN)

Sold 1917 to Montreal Transportation Co., Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC) and renamed Glenmount  (2)
Enrolled Canadian 291.2 x 41.0 x 18.4, 2111 GT, 1217 NT     Can 138235.

Fleet merged 1921 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Removed from active service 1924.

Scrapped 1928 at Tiffin ON

See history in Scanner Feb 1999 (#247)

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