Steamer M. C. Neff
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- The M. C. Neff, named after the wife of Capt. Samuel Neff, Marcelia Cynthia (Ellenwood) Neff, was built in Oshkosh, Wis. in 1888, and sold immediately after it was finished to the S. K. Martin Lumber Co., Chicago. It was 137' in
length; 28' width; 10.8 depth; could carry 375,000 ft. of lumber. The vessel was built for Capt. Sam Neff and his sons, Sidney & Charles. The account book for the ship, begun Sept. 3, 1887, was kept by Sidney O. Neff and lists
such items as lumber, nails, various ship fittings, labor, anchors and lines, dishes, the cook's bell, the hire of a horse & buggy, and bob cutter. The vessel had a busy career on the Great Lakes. On Sept. 20,1909, just after unloading her cargo of lumber, she caught fire and burned to the water's edge just above the Oliver bridge, on the south bank of the St.Louis river, New Duluth, Minn. Later the hull was used in the rubble of the Duluth breakwater. The "A" frame derrick and boiler were removed from the wreck. The last owner was William F. Thompson, of Duluth. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. Dir., 1903; Inland Lloyd Vessel Registers, and other compilations of merchant ships of the Great Lakes. - Date of Original
- 1905-09
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- John S. Neff
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