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Ship owner: American Steel Barge Co.; Bessemer Steamship Co.; Pittsburgh Steamship Company; Standard Transit Co.

Ship builder: American Steel Barge Co. (A. McDougall), West Superior, Wisconsin

Engine builder: Marinette Iron Works, Duluth, Minnesota

Year ship built: 1892

Year engine built: 1892

Final disposition: Foundered, Lake Erie, October 20,1916 in the Black Friday storm - only Captain Gresham survived. 21 lives lost.

Notes:

Launched, September 21,1892.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) American Steel Barge Co., West Superior, Wisconsin

2) Bessemer Steamship Co.

3) Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Duluth, Minnesota

4) Standard Transit Co. ( August 1915)

Registry number: US 77019

Hull number: 121

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter, whaleback

Height: 24

Width: 38

Length: 308

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 1713

Net tonnage: 1318

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 20

Piston 2: 32

Piston 3: 54

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