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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: George J. Gould

Other name(s): Glencairn; Granville A. Richardson; Nassau

Ship owner: Fitzsimmons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co.; Great Lakes Transportation Co.; Lake Erie Transportation Co.; Nassau Ship & Dredge Co.; Union Steamboat Line

Ship builder: Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, New York

Engine builder: King Iron Works

Year ship built: 1893

Year engine built: 1893

Final disposition: Scrapped in So. Chicago, 1951.

Remarks:

b) Granville A. Richardson (1911)

c) Glencairn (C.138216) (1919)

d) Nassau (U.S.) (1926)

Owners:

1) Lake Erie Trans. Co. (Wabash Railway)

2) Union Steamboat Line (Erie Railroad) (1910)

3) Great Lakes Transit Corporation (1916)

4) Great Lakes Transportation Co., Ltd. (1917)

5) Nassau Ship & Dredge Co. (1926)

6) Fitzsimmons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co. (Last owner)

Registry number: US. 86267;C.138216

Hull number: 71

Vessel type: Package freighter

Height: 22.8 ft.

Width: 40.7 ft.

Length: 266.1 ft.

Stroke length: 42 in.

Gross tonnage: 2237

Net tonnage: 1790

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 18 in.

Piston 2: 30 in.

Piston 3: 48 in.

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