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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: U.S.L.H.T. Dahlia

Other name(s): Flora M. Hill

Ship owner: Captain L. L. Hill; U.S. Lighthouse Service

Ship builder: Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Engine builder: Montague Iron Works

Year ship built: 1874

Final disposition: Crushed by ice and junk off Chicago on March 11, 1912

Notes:

The listed engine appears to be its second one but there is no information on the original engine.

Remarks:

Name:

b) Flora M. Hill (1909) (US 206265)

Owners:

1) U. S. Lighthouse Service, Kenosha, Wisconsin

2) Captain L. L. Hill, Kenosha, Wisconsin (1909)

Registry number: US. 206265

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Lighthouse Tender

Height: 19.8

Width: 26.4

Length: 130.9

Stroke length: 26 in.

Gross tonnage: 623

Net tonnage: 353

Materials: Iron

Engine type: Steeple compound

Piston 1: 16 in.

Piston 2: 34 in.

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