Other name(s): Lakeport
Ship owner: Buffalo Sand & Gravel Co.; Lake & St. Lawrence Transit Co.; Minnesota Loan & Trust Co.; Northwestern Steamship Co.; Port Huron & Duluth Steamship Co.; Western Transit Co.
Ship builder: Detroit Dry Dock Co., Wyandotte, Michigan
Engine builder: King Iron Works, Buffalo, New York
Year ship built: 1880
Year engine built: 1880
Final disposition: Scrapped at Buffalo in 1941. Abandoned and scrapped. (USMV, 1942).
Notes:
Shortened in 1919 (240' x 36'4" x 15'6", 1294 gross, 643 net).
Ownership by Buffalo Sand & Gravel, Buffalo, N.Y. as follows:
Reuben W. Eberly (1925-1935) followed by Arthur H. Connelly (1935-1941).
Remarks:
b) Lakeport (1913)
Owners:
1) Western Transit Co., Buffalo, NY (1880)
2) Pt. Huron & Duluth Steamship Co., Pt. Huron, MI (1913)
3) Northwestern Steamship Co., Pt. Huron, MI (1917)
4) Minnesota Loan & Trust Co., Duluth, MN (1918)
5) Lake & St. Lawrence Transit Co., Cleveland, OH (1919)
6) Buffalo Sand & Gravel Co., Buffalo, NY (See note above.)
Registry number: US. 3140
Hull number: 80
Vessel type: Package freighter
Height: 15.4 ft.
Width: 36 ft.
Length: 263.2 ft.
Stroke length: 42 in.
Gross tonnage: 1294
Net tonnage: 643
Materials: Iron
Engine type: Double steeple compound
Piston 1: 20 in.
Piston 2: 20 in.
Piston 3: 40 in.
Piston 4: 40 in.