KIRBY, FRANK E. (1890, Steamer)

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Identification

Vessel name:: KIRBY, FRANK E.
Also known as:: SILVER SPRAY;DOVER
Year of Build:: 1890
Official Number:: 102796

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Wyandotte, MI
Vessel Type:: Steamer; Note: Passenger & Freight.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 101
Builder Name:: Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Walter O. Ashley et al., Detroit, MI.

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: 48 x 108" engine, 800hp @ 48rpm by Fletcher Harrison & Co., North River Iron Works, Hoboken, NJ, 1865. 24 x 9' steel firebox boilers, 60# steam.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 195.42'
Beam:: 30'
Depth:: 10.16'
Tonnage (gross):: 532.91
Tonnage (net):: 374.57

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Ecorse, MI.
Detroit River.
How:: Burned.
Notes:: Burned at lay up dock, stripped of machinery, cut up for scrap 1935 - 1936.

History

Chronology:

1890, Feb Launched.

1890, Jun 19 Enrolled Detroit for service on Detroit - Sandusky route with stops at Kelley's Island - Middle Bass Island & Put-In-Bay.

1911 Berthed in Sandusky to run with new steamer PUT-IN-BAY on reverse route.

1919 Laid up at the end of season due to decline in freight business.

1922 Owned Kingsville Navigation Co.; ran on Kingsville - Detroit route; after Labor Day carried new Ford cars to Cleveland and fruit from Erie Islands on return trip.

1924 Chartered to Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., to run Toledo - Put-In-Bay.

1926, Aug 2 Renamed SILVER SPRAY; ran Erie, PA - Port Dover, ONT.

1927, May 16 Renamed DOVER.

1932, Jun 23 Caught fire & burned at Lay up dock in Ecorse, MI; repaired, but never sailed again.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie

Contact

Test 4 Walter

database@wisconsinmaritime.org

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org

75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc, WI 54220

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