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1911 <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/115892967@N03/12707300664">www.flickr.com/photos/115892967@N03/12707300664</a> "G" tug Thomas Wilson built 1888 at Buffalo by O'Grady & Meagher. Bought from Maytham Wrecking & Towing Co. by Great Lakes Towing in 1901. Engine to TOLEDO in 1915 and hull dismantled. Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry: E.C. Pope Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 106 Launched May 2, 1891 Largest carrier on fresh water when launched. Longest vessel on the Great Lakes (until Mariposa, W. H. Gilbert and Maritana of 1892 – superseded Maryland of 1890) 337’ LOA, 317’ LBP, 42’ beam, 24’ depth 2 decks, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1150 IHP Enrolled at Detroit MI May 19, 1891 (#88) 317.2 x 42.2 x 20.5, 2637.34 GT, 2064.20 NT US 136192 to: Dry Dock Navigation Co. (home port Detroit MI) Entered service May 1891 carrying coal to Duluth MN Sold summer 1891 to C. A. Eddy et al, Bay City MI (home port to Bay City MI) (Owners were Charles A. Eddy, Selwyn Eddy, John F. Eddy, Charles F. Eddy and Newell A. Eddy) (This was the first sale of a metal vessel on the Great Lakes) Transferred 1898 to Eddy Transit Co. (home port to Fair Haven MI, back to Bay City in 1899) Sold 1905 to Lake Transit Co., Duluth MN, G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN) Sold Jan 25, 1918 to U. S. Shipping Board, Washington DC for off-Lakes service during World War I. Cut in two at Buffalo NY by Buffalo Dry Dock Co., towed to Montreal QC and rejoined Sold Sept 22, 1923 to Thompson Transit Co., Cleveland OH, Mervin S. Thompson, Mgr. and returned to the Great Lakes. Recut at Montreal QC by Canadian Vickers Ltd., towed to Ashtabula OH and rejoined Sold Feb 19, 1927 to Nicholson-Universal Steamship Co., Detroit MI Laid up during early 1930s Sold 1933 to Nicholson Transit Co., Detroit MI Converted about 1936 to crane vessel Sold 1951 to Luria Bros., Buffalo NY for scrapping. Scrapped at Buffalo 1953 -Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry |
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