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

Ship owner: Algoma Central Steamship Co.; S. S. Leafield Co. Ltd.

Ship builder: Strand Slipway Co., Sunderland, England, subcontracted with Wood and Skinner Co.

Engine builder: North Eastern Marine Engine Co., Sunderland, England

Year ship built: 1892

Year engine built: 1892

Final disposition: Foundered in Lake Superior with a load of steel rails during the Big Blow of November 9-13,1913. All hands lost, hull has not yet been discovered as of November,2002.

Notes:

Came to the Great Lakes in 1900.  Purchased for the steel rail trade from Algoma Steel mills in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Fort William, Ontario.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) S. S. Leafield Co., Ltd., Newcastle, England

2) Algoma Central Steamship Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (1900)

Registry number: C.97990

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 16.6

Width: 35.2

Length: 249

Stroke length: 33

Gross tonnage: 1453

Net tonnage: 922

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 19

Piston 2: 31

Piston 3: 51

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