Pennington, B. L.

1889                                     B. L. Pennington                      1929

Wooden Great Lakes schooner

Built at Gibraltar MI by W. R. Linn
Launched

247’6” LOA, 239’ LBP, 38’ beam, 14’6” depth
1 deck

Enrolled at Detroit MI May 4, 1889 (Temp #82)
239.0 x 38.2 x 14.6, 1142.21 GT, 1085.10 NT     US 3431     to:
Lockwood Taylor Hardware Co. 2/3, Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)
(B. L. Pennington, Secy., B. F. Powers 1/3 share)

Entered service 1889

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH May 18, 1889 (#131)

Transferred 1895 to Commercial Transit Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold 1899 to Tonawanda Iron & Steel Co., Tonawanda NY

Sold 1915 to American Interlake Co., Duluth MN (home port to Duluth MN)

Transferred 1915 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC)
Enrolled Canadian at 239.8 x 38.3 x 14.3, 1168 NT     Can 137965      

Sold 1922 to Century Coal Co., Montreal QC

Sank June 15, 1929 at her dock at Quebec QC.

 

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3 thoughts on “Pennington, B. L.

    • I just saw this entry. I would be delighted to have this copy. Someday when I have photos of many more vessels I would like to attach a photo of the vessel on each of my histories. And may I make this one available to others? spberry@att.net.

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