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Other name(s): Dow Chemical; Norman J. Koppmeier; Pinedale; William T. Roberts

Ship owner: Algoma Central & Hudson's Bay Railroad, (Lake Superior Steamship Co.); Boland & Cornelius; E.D. Carter; Redwood Enterprises, Ltd.

Ship builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan

Engine builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan

Year ship built: 1906

Year engine built: 1906

Final disposition: Sold for scrap in 1979. Scrapped at Hamilton in 1980.

Notes:

Launched, January 13, 1906. Converted to self unloader in 1932 by American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio.

Sold Bermudian, February 1961.

Remarks:

b) William T. Roberts (1916)

c) Dow Chemical (1932)

d) Norman J. Koppmeier (1939)

e) Pinedale (1961) (BR. 199403)

Owners:

1) E.D. Carter (Erie Steamship Co.)

2) Algoma Central & Hudson's Bay Railroad (Lake Superior

    Steamship Co.)

3) Boland & Cornelius

4) Redwood Enterprises, Ltd. (Reoch), Bermuda

Registry number: US. 202866;BR.199403

Hull number: 162

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 30 ft.

Width: 54 ft.

Length: 511 ft.

Stroke length: 42 in.

Gross tonnage: 6606

Net tonnage: 5305

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 22 in.

Piston 2: 36 in.

Piston 3: 60 in.

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