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Other name(s): Altadoc; D.B. Weldon; E.E. Johnson; John P. Geistman

Ship owner: Goderich Elevator & Transit Co.; Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Co. Ltd.; J.P. Geistman; Lakehead Transportation Co., Ltd.; Minnesota Steamship Co.; N. M. Paterson & Sons, Ltd.; Pittsburgh Steamship Co.

Ship builder: Chicago Ship Building Co., Chicago, Illinois

Engine builder: Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Year ship built: 1896

Year engine built: 1896

Final disposition: Scrapped, Thunder Bay, Ontario, 1978.

Notes:

Sold Canadian 1940.  Engines removed in 1965.

Remarks:

b) John P. Geistman (1936)

c) E. E. Johnson (1940) (Canadian Registry No. 171063)

d) Altadoc (1945)

e) D. B. Weldon (1962)

Owners:

1) Minnesota Steamship Co.

2) Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (1901)

3) J. P. Geistman (1936)

4) Lakehead Transportation Co. Ltd. (1938)

5) Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Co. Ltd. (1940)

6) N. M. Paterson & Sons, Ltd. (1945)

7) Goderich Elevator & Tran

Registry number: US. 92736

Hull number: 21

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 23.4

Width: 48.2

Length: 406

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 4223

Net tonnage: 3669

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 25

Piston 2: 40

Piston 3: 68

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