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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: Alaska

Ship owner: Erie & Western Transportation Co.; J. O'Connor; Mullen Coal Co.

Ship builder: King Iron Works, Buffalo, New York

Engine builder: H. G. Trout, Buffalo, New York

Year ship built: 1871

Year engine built: 1871

Final disposition: Scraped in Hamilton, Ontario, 1947.

Notes:

Shipbuilder King Iron Works subcontracted  the work to Gibson and Craig.

Sold to a Canadian firm c.1935, but never registered in Canada. Engines removed c.1936

Engines bought separately in 1936 after removal by Perry and Lays, but abandoned the next year.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Erie and Western Trans. Co. (Anchor Line), Buffalo, New York

2) J. O'Connor, Buffalo, New York (1912)

3) Mullen Coal Co., Detroit, Michigan (1914)

Registry number: US.105135

Vessel type: Package freighter

Height: 14 ft.

Width: 32 ft.

Length: 212 ft.

Stroke length: 36 in.

Gross tonnage: 1288

Net tonnage: 1147

Materials: Iron

Engine type: Fore and Aft

Piston 2: 24 in.

Piston 3: 51 in.

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