COLTON, A.W. (1881, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
COLTON, A.W.
Year of Build:
1881
Official Number:
106025
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Iron
Number of Decks:
1
Hull Number:
27
Builder Name:
David Bell Steam Engine Works
Power
Engine Type:
Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
15 & 30 x 26"; 140rpm; Bell Engine Co., Buffalo, NY; 1881.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
81'
Beam:
18'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (gross):
92
Tonnage (net):
48
Final Disposition
How:
Abandoned; junked.
History
Chronology:

1883, Sep 6 Sank near foot of Belle Isle, Detroit River; raised & towed to Springwells Drydock.

1887, Apr 12 Owned Thomas Nester, Toledo, OH.

1887, Dec 2 Laid up Marquette, MI for winter.

1898 New firebox boiler; 8'6" x 12'; 180#; Cleveland Ship Building Co., Cleveland, OH.

1899 Owned George Nester, Toledo, OH.

1930 Owned Fabiola Jacques, River Rouge, MI.

1945 Abandoned; junked.

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

 

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COLTON, A.W. (1881, Tug (Towboat))