1880 Iron Age 1909
Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Detroit MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 37
Launched April 12, 1880
187’3” LOA, 226’ LBP, 34’ beam, 19’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boiler, low pressure engine, 485 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI April 28, 1880 (#104)
176.0 x 34.1 x 16.9, 859.46 tons (712.63 NT 1882) US 100256 to:
Detroit Transportation Co., Detroit MI (home port to Detroit MI)
Entered service 1880
Lengthened 1887
Remeasured to 226.0 x 34.4 x 16.8, 1114.40 GT, 967.57 NT
Repowered 1898 with steeple compound engine
Sold 1899 to James Corrigan, Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH)
Sold 1907 to Capt. W. J. Willoughby and Richard Baxter ½ each, Cleveland OH
Capt. Willoughby was in the process of transferring the vessel to Canadian flag but she was lost before the transfer could be completed.
Burned April 3, 1909 near Bar Point, off the mouth of Detroit River, Lake Erie. No lives lost. Enrollment surrendered June 14, 1909.
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