1908 William Livingstone 1974
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 41
Keel laid Jan 25, 1908; launched April 25, 1908
556’9” LOA, 532’ LBP, 58’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI May 14, 1908 (#73)
532.0 x 58.3 x 32.0, 6634 GT, 4927 NT US 205186 to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Reenrolled at Detroit MI June 17, 1980 (Temp #86) to:
Mutual Steamship Co., Duluth MN, G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)
Entered service June 1908
Permanent enrollment at Duluth MN June 22, 1908 (#44)
Sold Dec 28, 1915 to Montreal Transit Co., Cleveland OH, W. C. Richardson, Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH
Richardson fleets combined 1921 into Columbia Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, John T. Kelly, Mgr.
Fleet reincorporated Nov 1931 in Delaware as Columbia Transportation Co. (home port to Wilmington DE)
Renamed S. B. Way (3) 1936
Converted 1948 to self-unloader at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co. and renamed Crispin Oglebay (1)
Remeasured to 539.7 x 58.3 x 29.5, 7661 GT, 6476 NT
Fleet merged Oct 1957 into parent Oglebay Norton Co.
Carried last cargo Dec 1973, salt to Rochester NY and sailed to Kingston ON for layup.
Sold for scrap 1974 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.
Cleared Quebec QC May 24, 1974 with str. Bethlehem towed by Polish tug Jantar.
Tow arrived Santander Spain June 16, 1974.
IMO 5082168
0819
Wonderful source of information! This work was obviously a labor of love.
I am wondering if there is any information as to what bulk materials that the William Livingstone may have carried or may have been built to carry?
Thank you!