Iroquois (wooden)

1892                                  Iroquois                                  1923

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Marine City MI by David Lester
Launched April 1892

249’6” LOA, 242’ LBP, 41’ beam, 20’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engine, 350 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI May 17, 1892 (#161)
242.0 x 41.8 x 20.8, 1698.50 GT, 1469.51 NT     US 100524     to:
M. P. Lester, Marine City MI

Entered service 1892

Sold 1893 to W. C. Richardson 2/32 et al., Cleveland OH (home port to Cleveland OH)

Rebuilt 1904 to 1 deck at Detroit MI
Remeasured to 24.8 depth and 1957 GT, 1728 NT

Sold 1907 to Montreal Transportation Co., Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC) and renamed Windsor.
U.S. enrollment surrendered Sept 12, 1907
Enrolled Canadian at 257.1 x 41.0 x 24.4, 1962 GT, 1276 NT     Can 125986

Rebuilt 1919 at Port Dalhousie ON
Remeasured to 242.0 x 41.0 x 20.0, 1769 GT, 1068 NT

Abandoned 1923 at Port Dalhousie ON

 

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