Ship owner: Chris-Car-Ala Corp.; Columbian Transit Co.; Goodrich Transit Co.; World's Fair Steamship Co.
Ship builder: American Steel Barge Co., West Superior, Wisconsin
Engine builder: Samuel F. Hodge & Co., Detroit, Michigan
Year ship built: 1893
Year engine built: 1893
Final disposition: Scrapped, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1936.
Notes:
Reputed to have carried the greatest amount of passengers ever on the Great lakes; one time largest ship on the lakes.
Remarks:
Owners:
1) World's Fair Steamship Co., Chicago, Illinois
2) Columbian Steamship Co.
3) Goodrich Transit Co.
4) Chris-Car-Ala Corp.
Registry number: US. 126952
Hull number: 128
Vessel type: Day Excursion whaleback
Height: 24 ft.
Width: 42 ft.
Length: 362 ft.
Stroke length: 42 in.
Gross tonnage: 1511
Net tonnage: 345
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Triple expansion
Piston 1: 26 in.
Piston 2: 42 in.
Piston 3: 70 in.