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Ship Information Database; Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985; Gillham Ships of Collingwood; Lloyd's Register 1918, 1920, 1921 and 1963; Mercantile Navy List 1923; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; Canadian Railway & Marine World May and September 1917; Detroit Marine Historian 1963; Scanner January 1974; Schell "Canada Steamship Lines" Belgian Shiplover 2/73. 64 WINDSOR ex IROQUOIS composite steam barge (C 125986 ex U 100524). 1907-1921. Original: 1,698.5 tons gross, 1,469.5 tons net. As of 1908: 1,962 tons gross, 1,276 net, 242' (between perpendiculars), 257.5' (overall). After 1919: 1,769 tons, 1,068 net, 249.5'. Built by David Lester at Marine City Michigan and launched in April 1892 for his own account. Iron frames, steel arches, diagonally strapped, bow sheathed in metal. Three masts. Original fore & aft compound engine replaced prior to 1914 by another one of the same type that developed 350 indicated horsepower, 73 rated horsepower. 1908 value $48,000. 1909 value $43,000. 1910 value $42,000. 1912 value $40,000. 1913 value $35,000. 1914 value $30,000. 1914 insurance rating = 90/100. 1915 value $20,000. 1916 value $15,000. 1917 value $35,000. 1918 value $30,625. 1919 value $27,125. IROQUOIS' first owner was her builder and then she was sold to Curtis and Brainerd of Toledo Ohio. She got a new stem in 1894. She was aground off Geneva Ohio in 1895 because her crew thought a gas flare was a navigation aid. She was in collision in June 1897 with the American freighter INTER OCEAN (U 100046, 1,068.76 tons gross) in the Detroit River and she hit an obstruction there in November 1897. Her 1897 owner was W.C. Richardson of Cleveland Ohio and her 1898 owner was M.P. Lester. She was ashore near Cleveland in 1900 but a tug got into deep water again. IROQUOIS was bought by Montreal Transportation Co. for $41,250 plus $10,312 duty. They took delivery on 10 September 1907 at Windsor Ontario She was then put in the Collingwood Ontario dry dock for repairs and was renamed WINDSOR on 25 October 1907. She was bought for the Lake Ontario - Montreal coal trade. Her bottom was caulked in 1912. Repairs were done and her topsides were caulked in 1913. On 10 August 1914 she suffered $8,000 damage in an accident at Lock 12 of the Welland Canal. WINDSOR was rebuilt and shortened at Port Dalhousie Ontario in 1919 after being damaged in the grain elevator explosion at Port Colborne Ontario (Montreal Transportation Co.'s barge QUEBEC (2) was also involved). WINDSOR was wrecked off Main Duck Island near Kingston on 26 November 1920 and salved. Her ownership was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines in 1921. She was abandoned just above Lock One of the Welland Canal at Port Dalhousie in 1923 and subsequently sank. Sincennes-McNaughton and Russell raised her in 1929. They removed her engine and boiler at Toronto. She was fully dismantled in 1930. Bascom and Gillham said she became a 91