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3,600 tons on 20' draft. Launched on 14 May 1887 at Wyandotte Michigan by the Detroit Dry Dock Co. Yard #78. Bottom was wood over steel frames; upper part of hull was steel. Had electric light by 1921. Three-cylinder triple expansion = 1,000 indicated horsepower, 800 rated horsepower. 1913 insurance rating = 95. 1914 insurance rating = 90. 1917 value $150,000. 1918 value $131,250. 1919 value $116,250. 1920 value $107,531.25. FAYETTE BROWN's first owner was the Northwestern Transportation Co. of Detroit. She collided with and sank the American tug O.W. CHENEY (U 155034, 41.39 tons gross) near Sault Ste. Marie in 1894. She damaged her lower hull in ice at Duluth Minnesota in November 1896 after which she was rebuilt and lengthened. She was again damaged by ice on Lake Superior on 3 December 1897. She was ashore near Point Pelee on Lake Erie in December 1898 and beached at Lorain Ohio on 30 September 1906. On 5 May 1911 her ownership was transferred to Omega Transportation and she was renamed OMEGA. Another transfer, to the Dakota Transit Co. happened in 1916. All her American owners were parts of the H.H. Brown interests. In 1917 Montreal Transportation Co. bought her by buying the stock of the Dakota Transit Co. for $75,000. She was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines in 1921 as part of the final winding up of the Montreal Transportation Co. fleet, and was laid up at Midland Ontario in 1923. In 1928 she was broken up on Wye Beach near Tiffin Ontario after an unsuccessful attempt to rebuild her hull as a dry dock. Mr. Fayette Brown (1823-1910) was involved in the American iron ore business and was a vessel operator. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1917-20; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 November 1916, 15 April 1917 and 11 November 1921; American Shipmaster's Association Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1898; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Beeson Steam Vessels of The Northwstern Lakes; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1913, 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1920, 1925 and 1927; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-29; Lloyd's Register 1900, 1920, 1921, 1927-28 and 1928-29; Mercantile Navy List 1923 and 1928; Merchant Vessels of the United States 1894, 1896 and 1911; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; Canadian Railway & Marine World April 1917; Scanner February 1999; Schell "Canada Steamship Lines" Belgian Shiplover 2/73. 31 GLIDE wooden river tug (later C152971). 1869-1920. 73 tons gross, 37 tons register and 60.16 tons "Custom House". 71.2'. Launched at Brockville Canada West by N. Anderson (Chaffey Bros.) in June 1866. Bow sheathed in iron at some point. First engine was high-pressure single-cylinder = 340 indicated horsepower, 32.7 nominal horsepower. Third engine (1918) was fore & aft compound = 240 indicated horsepower. 1866 rated A1 and valued 45