Other name(s): City of Charlevoix; Kansas
Ship owner: Michigan Transit Co.; Northern Michigan Trans. Co.; Northern Trans. Co.
Ship builder: A.C. Keating
Engine builder: Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co.
Engine re-builder: Samuel F. Hodge & Co.
Year ship built: 1870
Year engine built: 1870
Location engine built: United States Michigan Detroit
Final disposition: Junked, 1925, Manistee, Michigan by Manistee Lumber Co.
Notes:
Rebuilt, 1894, new engines. Great Lakes Register and Underwriters' Directory, 1876 and American Bureau Record (Great Lakes Division], say vessel built by A.C. Keating, Ogdensburg, New York, 1870. USMV says 1870, Cleveland.
Orig. dimensions: 135.2 x 26 x 11.6. Tonnage 438 gross, 357 net.
Engines: 1) H.P.N.C. (1870) 24 dia. and 34 in. stroke.
2) Fore & aft (1892) 19 x 46 dia. and 36 in. stroke.
Remarks:
b) City of Charlevois (1888)
c) Kansas
Owners:
1) Northern Trans. Co., Ogdensburg, New York
2) Northern Michigan Trans. Co., Chicago, Illinois
3) Michigan Transit Co., Chicago, Illinois
Registry number: US. 5848
Hull number: None
Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, propeller
Height: 12.6 ft.
Width: 33.3 ft.
Length: 185.5 ft.
Stroke length: 36 in.
Gross tonnage: 835
Net tonnage: 588
Materials: Wood
Engine type: Fore and Aft; High pressure, non-condensing
Piston 1: 19 in.
Piston 2: 46 in.