Other name(s): Whale
Ship owner: Ann Arbor Railroad; Manistee Iron Works; Nicholson Transit Co.; United Fuel & Supply Co.
Ship builder: Craig Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, Ohio
Ship re-builder: Manistee Iron Works, Manistee, Michigan
Engine builder: Samuel Hodge & Co., Detroit, Michigan
Year ship built: 1892
Year engine built: 1892
Final disposition: Sold, 1914, cut down to a barge. Junked after being run down in the St. Clair Flats by the William E. Corey, 1927.
Notes:
Bow engine removed, 1893. Put into Ann Arbor No. 3 in 1898.
Remarks:
b) Whale (Barge) (1916)
Owners:
1) Ann Arbor Railroad Co., Ann Arbor, Michigan (1892-1913)
2) Manistee Iron Works, Manistee, Michigan (1914)
3) Nicholson Transit Co., Detroit, Michigan (1914-1926)
4) United Fuel & Supply Co. (Last owner.)
Registry number: US. 106984
Hull number: 56
Vessel type: Barge; Train Ferry
Height: 14 ft.
Width: 53 ft.
Length: 264 ft.
Stroke length: 36 in.
Gross tonnage: 1144
Net tonnage: 572
Materials: Wood
Engine type: Fore and aft compound (3)
Piston 2: 20 in.
Piston 3: 40 in.