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150 Telescope The Liner NORTHWEST Bell Photo Ships of the NORTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY By Reverend Edward J. Dowling, S. J, This fleet operated package freighters and passenger vessels for the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway. In 1903, the Northern Steamship Company became part of the Mutual Transit Company of Buffalo* Both fleets are listed herewith. 1. Northern Steamship Company. Superior. Wisconsin. Str. NORTH STAR (US. 130^35), 1889 Cleveland, 299 x hi x 21. Sunk in collision with NORTHERN QUEEN of Port Sanilac, 1908. Str. NORTH WIND (US. 130^19), 1888 Cleveland, 299 x bl x 21. Stranded on Robinson Shoal Georgian Bay. 6-1-26. Str. NORTHERN KING (US.130135),1888 Cleveland.299 x x 21. Went to salt water in World War I. Sold foreign after war. Str. NORTHERN LIGHT (US. 130^07), 1888 Cleveland, 299 x hi x 21. Went to salt water, 1917* Owned in 1920s in Mobile, Alabama. Str. NORTHERN QUEEN (US. 130^36), 1889 Cleveland, 299 x *fl x 21. Went to salt water, 1917* Sold foreign after World Whr I. Str. NORTHERN WAVE (US. 130^-37),1889 Cleveland,299 x hi x 21. Went to salt water, 1917, and sold foreign after war. Str. NORTHWEST (BS.130661), 189^ Cleveland, 358 x Mf x 23. Twin screw passenger liner. Burned, Buffalo, 1910. Rebuilt as freighter MAPLECOURT (C.1M766). Lost by enemy action, World War II on N. Atlantic. Str. NORTH LAND (US.I3069O), 1895 Cleveland, 358 x Mf x 23. Twin screw passenger liner. Scrapped, Montreal, 1921. Str. CENTURION (US. 12699*0, 1893 W. Bay City, 360 x^x 21. Later ALEK B, UHRIG. Scrapped, 19^7 at Hamilton. Chartered. Str. EMILY P. WEED (US.136129). 1890 W. Bay City. Originally 300 x Vl x 21. Later lengthened. Stranded, Sand Island, Lake Superior, 9*1-05. Chartered by Northern SS. Co. Str. MIAMI (US.9283O), 1897 Philadelphia. 239 x bo x 2Z Passenger vessel,chartered from Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company during the Buffalo Exposition of 1903.