1889                                  John Mitchell                               1920

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by F. W. Wheeler & Co., Hull 47
Launched April 3, 1889

303’ LOA, 283’ LBP, 41’ beam, 22’ depth
2 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI April 6, 1889 (Temp #118)
283.0 x 41.4 x 20.0, 1864.92 GT, 1491.99 NT     US 76792     to:
William H. Gratwick 19/100 (including John Mitchell 10/100) et al., Buffalo NY (home port Buffalo NY)

Entered service 1889

Permanent enrollment at Buffalo NY Oct 16, 1889 (#21)

Renamed Major 1902

Sold 1914 to Great Lakes Transportation Co., Midland ON, James Playfair, Mgr. (home port to Midland ON)
U. S. enrollment surrendered March31, 1914
Enrolled Canadian at 292.6 x 41.0 x 20.4, 2149 GT, 1721 NT     Can 134263  

Retired from service at the end of the 1919 season

Hull converted 1920 to floating drydock at Midland ON.  Partially burned Aug 3, 1931 at Penetang ON and scuttled in Midland Bay.  Hull raised April 1962, towed into deeper water and scuttled.

See history in Scanner March 2000 (#254)
Also in Detroit Marine Historian Dec 1954 (#60)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 264

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