Steamer M. C. Neff
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Stea
- Notes
- The M. C. Neff, named after the wife of Capt. Sam Neff, was built at Oshkosh, Wis. by Capt. Neff in 1888; 1st. inspection May 16, 1888; had large A frame with boom & clam shell for loading & unloading timber, salt, gravel & sand; a swift little steamer; once towed four 3-masted 650-ton vessels from Lake Erie to Lake Huron; ran as a passenger & freight steamer between Milwaukee & northern Michigan ports for Milwaukee & Michigan Transportation Company. Sold to S. K. Martin Lumber Co. Lost by fire 20 Sept. 1909 New Duluth, Minn. Boiler & derrick removed. See Ship Masters' Assoc. Directories, 1903, etc.; Inland Lloyds Vessel Register, 1893; Hist. of the Great Lakes, Beers, Vol. 1, p. 865.
- Inscriptions
- Str "M. C. NEFF" built by Capt. Sam Neff, 1888
- Date of Original
- 1905-09
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- John S. Neff
- Creative Commons licence
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