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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: City of New York

Ship owner: Chicago Lumber Co.; G. Plunkett; G. Wilkerson; James Richardson; Lake Shore Sand & Gravel Co.; Northern Trans. Co.; T. Currie

Ship builder: Stevens & Presley, Cleveland, Ohio

Engine re-builder: Cuyahoga Iron Works

Year ship built: 1863

Year engine built: 1863

Final disposition: Sank in Lake Ontario on November 25, 1921 loaded with coal.

Notes:

Cut down to steam barge 1883 & 1886.  Gross tonnage reduced to 202; net tonnage to 199.  Possibly rebuilt in 1889.

Sold Canadian in 1904.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Northern Trans. Co., Ogdensburg, New York

2) Chicago Lumber Co. (c. 1884)

3) T. Currie, Pt. Huron (1898)

4) G. Wilkerson, Sarnia, Ontario (?)

5) James Richardson (Red Book -1907)

6) G. Plunkett (1912)

7) Lake Shore Sand & Gravel Co., Toronto, Ontario (last owner)

Registry number: C. 116393

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Steam barge

Height: 11.4 ft.

Width: 27.8 ft.

Length: 136.3 ft.

Stroke length: 36 in.

Gross tonnage: 504

Net tonnage: 212

Materials: Wood

Engine type: High pressure, non condensing

Piston 1: 24 in.

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