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

Other name(s): City of Charlevoix; Kansas

Ship owner: Michigan Transit Co.; Northern Michigan Trans. Co.; Northern Trans. Co.

Ship builder: A.C. Keating

Engine builder: Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co.

Engine re-builder: Samuel F. Hodge & Co.

Year ship built: 1870

Year engine built: 1870

Location engine built: United States Michigan Detroit

Final disposition: Junked, 1925, Manistee, Michigan by Manistee Lumber Co.

Notes:

Rebuilt, 1894, new engines. Great Lakes Register and Underwriters' Directory, 1876 and American Bureau Record (Great Lakes Division], say vessel built by A.C. Keating, Ogdensburg, New York, 1870. USMV says 1870, Cleveland.

Orig. dimensions: 135.2 x 26 x 11.6.  Tonnage 438 gross, 357 net.

Engines: 1) H.P.N.C. (1870) 24 dia. and 34 in. stroke.

              2) Fore & aft (1892) 19 x 46 dia. and 36 in. stroke.

Remarks:

b) City of Charlevois (1888)

c) Kansas

Owners:

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

2) Northern Michigan Trans. Co., Chicago, Illinois

3) Michigan Transit Co., Chicago, Illinois

Registry number: US. 5848

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, propeller

Height: 12.6 ft.

Width: 33.3 ft.

Length: 185.5 ft.

Stroke length: 36 in.

Gross tonnage: 835

Net tonnage: 588

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Fore and Aft; High pressure, non-condensing

Piston 1: 19 in.

Piston 2: 46 in.

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