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Ship owner: A. Peter; Crescent Trans. Co.; Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Trans. Co.; Union Steamship Co.

Ship builder: Taylor & Jewett, Buffalo, New York

Engine builder: Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo, New York

Year ship built: 1870

Year engine built: 1870

Final disposition: Burned at St. Clair Flats on November 14, 1906.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Union Steamship Co. (Erie RR), Buffalo, New York

2) Crescent Transportation Co., Detroit, Michigan (c. 1890)

3) Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Trans. Co, Chicago, Illinois

4) A. Peter, Toledo, Ohio (1904)

Registry number: US 75387

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Package freighter

Height: 12.4

Width: 32.6

Length: 216.3

Stroke length: 36

Gross tonnage: 1095

Net tonnage: 946

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Steeple compound

Piston 1: 24

Piston 2: 54

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