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Ship owner: Nipigon Transit Co.; S. Scott; Sarnia Coal Co.; T. W. Kirby

Ship builder: John Callister, Grand Haven, Michigan

Engine builder: Samuel F. Hodge & Co., Detroit, Michigan

Year ship built: 1889

Year engine built: 1889

Final disposition: Burned, Detour, Michigan on November 26, 1924.

Notes:

Sold Canandian in 1923 (C. 150335).  Cut down c. 1900 (609 gross tons, 363 net tons)

Remarks:

Owners:

1) T. W. Kirby, Grand Haven, Michigan

2) S. Scott, Mount Clemens, Michigan (1894 and 1897)

3) Nipigon Transit Co., Detroit, Michigan (1900)

4) Sarnia Coal Co., Sarnia, Ontario (1923) (C. 150335)

Registry number: US. 76807

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Steam barge

Height: 11

Width: 32.9

Length: 172

Stroke length: 30

Gross tonnage: 711

Net tonnage: 598

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Fore and Aft

Piston 1: 19

Piston 2: 36

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