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Ship owner: C. Hebard; L. Graves

Ship builder: John Oades, Detroit, Michigan

Engine builder: Frontier Iron Works

Year ship built: 1888

Year engine built: 1888

Final disposition: Stranded in gale and snowstorm, Point Mamaise, Ontario, Lake Superior, Nov. 29, 1902

Remarks:

Owners:

1) C. Hebard, Pequaming, Michigan

2) L. Graves, Buffalo, New York (last owner)

Registry number: U.S. 126491

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Steam barge

Height: 13.6 ft.

Width: 34.3 ft.

Length: 184 ft.

Stroke length: 36 in.

Gross tonnage: 763

Net tonnage: 614

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Steeple compound

Piston 1: 24 in.

Piston 2: 44 in.

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