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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: Bon Ami

Other name(s): North Shore

Ship owner: A. Booth Packing Co.; C.F. Bird; F. & E. Hintze; Hart Transportation Co.; W. H. Singer

Ship builder: R.T. Rogers, Saugatuck, Michigan

Engine builder: Montague Iron Works

Year ship built: 1894

Year engine built: 1894

Final disposition: Abandoned at Sturgeon Bay. Out of USMV in 1946.

Notes:

Had second "dummy" stack as North Shore.

Remarks:

b) North Shore

Owners:

1) C.F. Bird, Saugatuck, Michigan

2) A. Booth Packing Co.

3) Hart Transportation Co., Green Bay, Wisconsin

4) W. H. Singer, Duluth, Minnesota

5) F. & E. Hintze, Chicago, Illinois (last owners)

Registry number: US. 3626

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight

Height: 6.4 ft.

Width: 21 ft.

Length: 114 ft.

Stroke length: 20 in.

Gross tonnage: 226

Net tonnage: 149

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Fore and Aft

Piston 1: 14 in.

Piston 2: 28 in.

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