1902                                  Kanawha                                  1904 (1916)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Port Huron MI by Jenks Ship Building Co., Hull 18
Launched March 1, 1902

243’ LBP, 43’ beam, 26’6” depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI April 22, 1902 (#57)
243.5 x 43.4 x 23.5, 2182 GT, 1906 NT     US 161199     to:
F. B. Chesbrough,

Entered service 1902

Chartered 1902 season to Iroquois Furnace Co. to carry iron ore from Escanaba MI to South Chicago IL

Transferred 1904 to off-Lakes service.  Great Lakes enrollment surrendered at Chicago IL May 28, 1904.
Loaded outbound cargo of grain at Buffalo NY, down Welland Canal June 1

Foundered March 16, 1916 at 33.8 N, 73.42 W, Atlantic Ocean.  7 lives lost.  Enroute from Norfolk VA with coal for Rio de Janeiro Brazil.

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