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

Ship owner: Goodrich Transit Co.

Ship builder: G.S. Rand, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Engine builder: Buffalo Iron Works

Year ship built: 1869

Year engine built: 1853

Location engine built: Buffalo, New York

Final disposition: Junked and burned deliberately off Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1914.

Remarks:

Engines from "Garden City", 1853 and "City of Cleveland", 1857.

Registry number: US. 115119

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, sidewheel

Height: 12 ft.

Width: 50 ft.

Length: 208 ft.

Stroke length: 144 in.

Gross tonnage: 623

Net tonnage: 461

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Beam, low pressure

Piston 1: 50 in.

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