1881                                  Jesse H. Farwell                              1923

Wooden Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Gibraltar MI by Linn & Craig, Hull 20
Launched April 23, 1881

212’ LBP, 35’ beam, 21’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 600 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI May 23, 1881 (#133)
212.2 x 35.6 x 19.6, 1200.96 tons (997.65 NT 1882)     US 76203     to:
Thomas Adams and Jesse H. Farwell, Detroit MI (home port Detroit MI)

Entered service 1881

Transferred 1895 to Ecorse Transportation Co., Ecorse MI (home port to Ecorse MI)

Home port back to Detroit MI 1896

Sold 1904 to William H. Follette, Tonawanda NY

Rebuilt 1911 to bulk freighter for the lumber trade at Tonawanda NY
Remeasured to 207.2 x 35.6 x 12.0, 756 GT, 538 NT

Renamed James W. Follette 1912

Sold May 2, 1916 to Plunkett Navigation Co., Cobourg ON, George Plunkett, Mgr. (home port to Cobourg ON)
Enrolled Canadian at 207.2 x 35.6 x 12.0, 756 GT, 540 NT     Can 116816  

Sold 1918 to George Hall Coal Co. of Canada, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)

Fleet renamed George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation 1922

Sold for scrap 1923.  Hull scuttled in Lake Ontario.

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