1878                                  Buffalo                                   1911 (1924)

Wooden Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by Thomas Quayle & Sons
Launched Aug 8, 1878

272’ LOA, 258’ LBP, 35’ beam, 25’ depth
2 decks, 2 coal-fired boilers, steeple compound engines, 800 IHP

Enrolled at Buffalo NY Aug 19, 1878 (#8)
258.8 x 35.9 x 16.2, 1762.85 tons (1662.40 NT 1882)     US 3076     to:
Western Transportation Co., Buffalo NY (home port Buffalo NY)

Fleet renamed Western Transit Co. 1884

Renamed Auburn 1899 (to free up former name for new vessel building for the fleet)

Sold 1909 to Cleveland-Chicago Transit Co., Duluth MN (home port to Duluth MN)

Sold 1910 to Jacob Ullman, Buffalo NY

Sold 1911 to Gillen Dredge & Dock Co., Racine WI for non-transportation uses

Reduced to barge
Remeasured to 16.3 depth and 1165 GT, 1152 NT

Enrollment surrendered Dec 29, 1924 abandoned

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