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1882                                    Massachusetts                                 1923

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Detroit MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 54
Launched March 16, 1882

251’ LOA, 235’ LBP, 36’ beam, 25’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engine, 700 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI April 14, 1882 (Temp #92)
235.0 x 37.2 x 18.6, 1415.45 tons (1041 NT 1882)     US 91416     to:
Inter-Ocean Transportation Co., Milwaukee WI (home port Milwaukee WI)

Entered service 1882

Permanent enrollment at Milwaukee WI May 9, 1882 (#151)

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 1912 to Franklin E. Hall, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)
U.S. enrollment surrendered March 29, 1912.
Enrolled Canadian at 244.0 x 36.9 x 18.6, 1530 GT, 937 NT     Can 130927 

Renamed Compton 1913

Sold 1916 to Canada Shipping Co., Montreal QC

Sold Jan 3, 1918 to George Hall Coal & Shipping Co. of Canada, Montreal QC

Sold 1921 to William E. Lawlor, Hawksbury ON, George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation, Mgr.

Wrecked July 14, 1923 Lake St. Louis, St. Lawrence River.

 

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