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Original name: Alcona

Ship owner: Bewick; Drake & Maytham; Gorton-Pew Fisheries; J.B. Zerbe; J.J. Boland

Ship builder: Linn & Craig, Gibralter, Michigan

Engine builder: Christie and DeGraffe, Detroit, Michigan (later Frontier Iron Works)

Year ship built: 1878

Year engine built: 1878

Final disposition: Burned and foundered off Isle of Pines, Nova Scotia November 6, 1913.

Notes:

To coast, 1911. Alcona County in Northeast Lower Michigan.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Bewick, Detroit, Michigan

2) J.B. Zerbe, Cleveland, Ohio

3) Drake & Maytham, Buffalo, New York

4) J.J. Boland, Buffalo, New York

5) Gorton-Pew Fisheries, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Registry number: US. 105809

Hull number: 19

Vessel type: Steam barge

Height: 22 ft.

Width: 34 ft.

Length: 185 ft.

Stroke length: 44 in.

Gross tonnage: 359

Net tonnage: 269

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Steeple compound

Piston 1: 30 in.

Piston 2: 50 in.

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