1882                                     Merrimac                                   1924

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freight schooner barge

Built at Detroit MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 55
Launched March 7, 1882

251’ LOA, 235’ LBP, 37’4” beam, 22’ depth
2 decks

Enrolled at Detroit MI April 14, 1882 (Temp #93)
235.3 x 37.2 x 18.7, 1398.67 tons (            NT July 1, 1882)     US 91417     to:
Inter-Ocean Transportation Co., Milwaukee WI (home port Milwaukee WI)

Entered service 1882

Permanent enrollment at Milwaukee WI April 29, 1882 (#143)

Widened, deepened and converted to bulk freighter 1884 at Detroit MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Remeasured to 1202.26 NT

Sold 1899 to Lake Shore Transit Co., Cleveland OH, J. C. Gilchrist, Mgr.

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

Sold 1911 to Fairhaven Transportation & Coal Co., Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC) and renamed Rock Ferry.
U.S. enrollment surrendered April 12, 1911
Enrolled Canadian at 237.0 x 36.8 x 18.2, 1454 GT, 767 NT     Can 130419  

Sold 1917 to Canada Shipping Co., Montreal QC

Sold 1918 to George Hall Coal Co. of Canada, Montreal QC

Fleet renamed George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation 1922

Abandoned 1924 at Ogdensburg NY.  Canadian enrollment surrendered July 29, 1927.

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