Ship owner: Bell City Line; P.E. Wright; Western Transportation Company
Ship builder: Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo, New York
Engine builder: Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo, New York
Year ship built: 1856
Year engine built: 1856
Final disposition: Burned in East Saginaw, Michigan on November 24, 1874. Hull rebuilt and engines reused at Green Bay as W.L. Brown, (80867), 1880.
Notes:
Painting of Neptune by C.W. Norton in Dossin Great Lakes Museum in Detroit, Michigan.
Remarks:
Owners:
1) Bell City Lines (? on "Flag" ?)
2) Western Transporation Company (New York Central RR) (1963)
3) P. E. Wright, Detroit, Michigan (in USMV 1969)
Registry number: US. 18115
Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, propeller
Height: 12
Width: 30
Length: 185
Gross tonnage: 636
Materials: Wood
Engine type: Vertical direct-acting