Livingstone

1889                                      Livingstone                                         1933

Composite Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 92
Launched May 18, 1889

296’1” LOA, 281’ LBP, 41’ beam, 23’ depth
2 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI June 17, 1889 (#104)
281.0 x 41.0 x 20.0, 2134.38 GT, 1622.34 NT     US 141005     to:
Michigan Navigation Co., Detroit MI, William Livingstone, Mgr. (home port Detroit MI)

Entered service 1889

Sold Jan 17, 1917 to Crosby Transportation Co., Milwaukee WI

Transferred 1918 to Livingstone Steamship Co., Milwaukee WI, E. G. Crosby, Mgr.

Sold 1921 to Tri-State Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Mervin S. Thompson, Mgr. (home port to  Fairport OH) and renamed Westland.

Transferred 1924 to Thompson Transit Corporation, Cleveland OH, Mervin S. Thompson, Mgr.

Sold Feb 19, 1927 to Spokane Steamship Co., Port Huron MI

Sold 1929 to Nicholson-Universal Steamship Co., Detroit MI

Laid up 1930 and did not operate again.

Scrapped 1933 at Detroit and Ecorse MI

 

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