EMERY, TEMPLE (1886, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EMERY, TEMPLE
Year of Build:
1886
Official Number:
145421
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Note: One stack.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Hull Number:
12
Builder Name:
James Davidson
Original Owner and Location:
James Davidson, West Bay City, MI.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
83.2'
Beam:
20.6'
Depth:
10.1'
Tonnage (gross):
155
Tonnage (net):
78
Final Disposition
Final Location:
South Chicago.
Lake Michigan.
How:
Dismantled.
History
Chronology:

1886, Jun 24 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1887 Chartered to John Spry Lumber Co. to tow logs to Lake Superior.

1888 Owned Two Rivers Manufacturing Co., Two Rivers, WI; Mann Brothers; ran wood rafts up to 2 million feet

1891, Nov Lost 2 scows & 18 men in gale.

1906 Owned W.L. Martin, Cheboygan, MI.

1911 Rebuilt, 88 gross / 60 net tons, 1 deck.

1912 Owned Buffalo Dredging Co., Buffalo, NY.

1920 In Duluth, MN, District.

1923 Abandoned due to age.

1927 In Chicago, IL District.

1930 Dismantled, South Chicago by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Great Lakes Register
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
Contact us:
Test 4 Walter
 database@wisconsinmaritime.org
 
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org

 

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EMERY, TEMPLE (1886, Tug (Towboat))