1893                                  131                                  1911 (1946)

Steel whaleback bulk freight barge

Built at West Superior WI by American Steel Barge Co., Hull 131
First frames laid Jan 12, 1893, launched Jun 3, 1893

306’ LOA, 292’ LBP, 36’ beam, 22’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’

Enrolled at Marquette MI May 13, 1893 (Temp #63)
292.0 x 36.0 x 22.0, 1310.82 GT, 1265.92 NT     US 53278     to:
American Steel Barge Co., Buffalo NY (home port Buffalo NY)

Entered service June 14, 1893 carrying wheat from Superior WI to Buffalo NY

Permanent enrollment at Buffalo NY June 21, 1893 (#83)

Fleet sold 1900 to Bessemer Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Duluth MN)

Fleet merged March 1901 into Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Duluth MN, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr.

Traded  in 1910 with six other barges (117-118, 130 & 132-134) to Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse MI on purchase price of strs. William B. Dickson, William J. Olcott and William P. Palmer

Sold 1911 to Harper Transportation Co., Boston MA for off-Lakes service and renamed Salem.  Enrolled to Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance Co.  Shortened 32’ by shipyard to allow passage through Welland and St. Lawrence River canals.  Left Great Lakes summer 1911.

Renamed Freeport Sulphur No. 4 1917, Pure Oil No. 10 1923 and Pure Nulube 1929

Scrapped 1946 at Houston TX.  Final document surrendered at Port Arthur TX June 26, 1946

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