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Ship owner: Tashmoo Transit Co.; White Star Line

Ship builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan

Engine builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan

Year ship built: 1900

Year engine built: 1900

Final disposition: Scrapped, 1937. Had sunk at Brunner-Mond Dock, Amherstburg, Ontario, after striking a rock near Sugar Island, June 18, 1936.

Notes:

Launched December 30, 1899.  Known as "The Glass Hack."

Remarks:

Owners:

1) White Star Line, New York, New York

2) Tashmoo Transit Co.

Registry number: US. 145843

Hull number: 131

Vessel type: Excursion, sidewheel

Height: 22.3

Width: 36

Length: 306

Stroke length: 72 in.

Gross tonnage: 1344

Net tonnage: 766

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion, inclined

Piston 1: 33

Piston 2: 51

Piston 3: 82

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