Other name(s): City of Alpena II; City of Saugatuck; Leona; Normil
Ship owner: Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co.; Goodrich Transit Co.; Graham & Morton Transportation Co.; Northern Paper Co.; Roen Steamship Co.
Ship builder: Detroit Dry Dock Co., Wyandotte, Michigan
Engine builder: W.A. Fltcher, Hoboken, New York (#151)
Year ship built: 1893
Year engine built: 1893
Final disposition: Scrapped in 1957.
Notes:
Launched March 13, 1893.
Shortened in Canada in 1940 and made into a barge. New dimensions were 241 x 39 x 13.3 with gross tonnage of 987.
Sold Canadian in 1946. Pictured on U.S. one cent postage stamp in 1901. Captioned "Fast Lake Navigation".
Remarks:
b) City of Alpena II (1912)
c) City of Saugatuck (1922)
d) Leona (barge) (1939)
e) Normil (C. 176163) (1946)
Owners:
1) Detroit & Cleveland Steam Nav. Co.
2) Graham & Morton Transp Co., Chicago, Illinois
3) Goodrich Transit Co., Chicago, Illinois
4) Roen Steamship Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
5) Northern Paper Co., Hansen, Ontario
Registry number: US. 126974
Hull number: 114
Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, sidewheel
Height: 13.4 ft.
Width: 69.8 ft.
Length: 266 ft.
Stroke length: 132 in.
Gross tonnage: 1735
Net tonnage: 1282
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Low pressure beam
Piston 1: 42 in.
Piston 2: 88 in.
Piston 3: 66 in.