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The Samuel P. Ely, U.S. Registry 23780, was a single-decked, three-masted topsail schooner measuring 200 feet in length, with a 31-foot beam (width), and a 13-foot depth of hold. The Elywas rated at 627,24 gross tons and 595.85 net tons, with a car [...]
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The George Spencer, U.S. Registry 85849, was built in 1884 at Cleveland, Ohio by Thomas Quayle & Sons for Captain Thomas Wilson. The vessel was named for George Spencer, an intimate friend of Wilson's. The George Spencer's keel was laid on Feb [...]
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The schooner-barge Amboy, U.S. Registry 95276, started its career as the proud schooner Helena, a 205-foot three-mast schooner built in 1874 for the Cleveland Transportation Company. The Helena was fully rigged out as a schooner, but it was used [...]
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The U.S.S. Essex was an Enterprise Class sloop built by Donald McKay at East Boston, Mass. It was launched in 1876. It was 185 feet long, with a 35-foot beam and a 14-foot draft. TheEssex displaced 1375 tons of water. Period photographs show it ha [...]
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The Hesper was a wooden-hulled, single propeller, triple-masted, freight-carrying steamship which towed schooner-barges. The steamer was one of several near-identical ships built for the large Bradley Transportation Company fleet of Cleveland, Ohio [...]
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The Niagara was built in 1872 as Hull No. 21 by the Detroit Dry Dock Company in Detroit, Mich. The Niagara was an early example of a class of large "outside" (outside the harbor) tugs intended for use on the open lakes. Built of wood, theNiagara [...]
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The Madeira was built and launched at the Chicago Yard of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company in 1900. It had a plate keel and was shaped very flat and full to maximize cargo capacity with minimum draft. The vessel was built to carry bulk cargoes of g [...]
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The Thomas Wilson was a riveted-steel, single propeller freight-carrying steamship. The Wilson was built during the winter of 1891-1892 at West Superior, Wisc., and was launched April 30, 1892. The wreck of the Wilson is historically significan [...]
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Article: LAKE DISASTERS. -- In North Bay the schooner PFISTER, of Milwaukee, corn laden, lays on the beach full of water. The TWO FRIENDS (Canada vessel) grain loaded, is also on the beach, full of water. The schooner LEM ELLSWORTH is also on the be [...]
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