1889, July Launched; to haul iron ore from Lake Superior
1890 Cleveland Iron Mining Company merged with Iron Cliffs Company,
Marquette, Michigan, forming Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company;
vessels enrolled at Marquette, Michigan; PONTIAC carried record
cargoes of ore & grain
1891, July 14 Downbound in Saint Mary's River, collided with Canadian
steamer ATHASCA in Wilson's Bend area of Sugar Island
with PONTIAC sinking immediately; raised & repaired by
Globe Iron Works, Cleveland & returned to service late
October
1903, May Fire destroyed wooden upper works & warped plating; possibly
one boiler removed
1908 New steel upper decks
1913 Cargo hold reconstructed
1916 Midships deckhouse removed, stack changed & carried only two
steel masts
1917 Listed as having 2 scotch induced draft boilers built by
Manitowoc Ship Building Company, 1914
1917 Sold to Mentor Transit Company, Cleveland, to carry ore for
Oglebay Norton & Company; name changed to GOUDREAU; scheduled to
go to Atlantic Coast in 1918
1917, November 23 Downbound loaded with pyrite, lost her ruder & was
stranded on Southeast Shoal, Lyal Island at Stokes
Bay, Ontario, Lake Huron
Broke in two
Later slipped into deep water
