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Other name(s): Landbo

Ship owner: A.J. McBrier; Boland & Cornelius; Great Lakes Towing Co.; Jos. L. Boland

Ship builder: F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, Michigan

Engine builder: Frontier Iron Works

Year ship built: 1890

Year engine built: 1890

Final disposition: Sprung a leak and foundered off Pt. Au Sable, Lake Huron on August 7, 1919. Raised but abandoned.

Notes:

Sold Canadian in 1916. Engines removed in 1919.

Remarks:

Names:

b) Landbo (Canada Registry 134519)

Owners:

1) J. McBrier, Erie, Pennsylvania

2) Boland & Cornelius

3) Jos. L. Boland, Buffalo, New York

4) Great Lakes Towing Co.

Registry number: US. 130462

Hull number: 63

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 20.3

Width: 41.4

Length: 280

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 1888

Net tonnage: 1512

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 20

Piston 2: 32

Piston 3: 54

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