1887                                    Wiley M. Egan                         1918

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by W. H. Radcliffe
Launched

261’ LOA, 252’ LBP, 39’8” beam, 21’6” depth
1 deck, hold beams, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engine, 650 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH April 27, 1887 (Temp #79)
252.2 x 39.8 x 20.0, 1677.48 GT, 1389.52 NT     US 81143     to:
R. P. Fitzgerald, Philip D. Armour and Wiley M. Egan, 1/3 each, Milwaukee WI (home port Milwaukee WI)

Entered service 1887

Permanent enrollment at Milwaukee WI May 18, 1887 (#114)

Sold 1907 to Pittsburgh & Erie Coal Co., Erie PA, George B. Taylor, Mgr. (home port to Erie PA)

Sold 1912 to Ontario & Quebec Navigation Co., Picton ON (home port to Picton ON)
U.S. enrollment surrendered June 29, 1912
Enrolled Canadian at 253.8 x 39.6 x 20.0, 1620 GT, 1190 NT     Can 111965  

Home port to Montreal QC 1915
Remeasured to 260.7 x 39.9 x 19.8, 1667 GT, 1025 NT

Sold 1916 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Rammed bridge July 15, 1918 in Welland Canal near Welland ON.  Hull sold to Ontario Paper Co. and sunk for a dock face at Shelter Bay QC.

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