1881                                     Columbia                                       1921

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by George Presley
Launched Sept 3, 1881

244’ LOA, 235’ LBP, 38’6” beam, 19’10” depth
2 decks, coal-fired boiler, low pressure engine, 450 IHP

Enrolled at Sandusky OH Sept 14, 1881 (#13)
235.4 x 35.6 x 18.9, 1373.91 tons (1053.13 NT 1882)     US 125947     to:
J. C. Lockwood, Milan OH

Entered service 1881

Engine rebuilt 1889 to fore and aft compound

Sold 1890 to Thomas E. Gill, Cleveland OH

Sold 1890 to J. C. Gilchrist, Vermillion OH

Transferred 1897 to Lake Shore Transit Co. 

Transferred 1903 to Gilchrist Transportation Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold 1905 to John Kelderhouse, Buffalo NY

Sold 1908 to Richard Williamson, Lockport NY

Sold 1917 to Ogdensburg Steamship Co., Ogdensburg NY, a subsidiary of St. Lawrence Coal & Freighting Co., Edward J. Burns, Mgr.

Sold 1920 to Alphonse Arsene Laroque, Montreal QC and renamed Dougaldmac.
U. S. enrollment surrendered June 30, 1920
Enrolled Canadian at 244.9 x 36.6 x 16.3, 1457 GT, 883 NT     Can 141759    

Abandoned 1921

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