Steamer St. Joseph
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Notes
- In 1888, the lumber carrier, St. Joseph, burned in the St. Clair river, near Sarnia, Ont. and went aground. The bow rose 4 feet out of the water; the stern was under water. Pontoons were used to raise the vessel to an even keel. The wreck was purchased by Capt. Sam Neff (who with his son, Charles, had watched the operations) for $3,800 from the T. W. Harvey Lumber Co. The St.Joseph was an arched, twin wheel steamer, Built 1867, Buffalo, N.Y.; 146x29; 304 gross tons. The vessel had been cut down from a passenger steamer of the Goodrich Transportation Company to a lumber carrier. It had been hauled out in 1886 at Manitowoc, Wis. and raised four feet at a cost of $32,500. After the purchase and repair by Capt. Sam Neff & Sons, the St. Joseph was used in the lumber trade until 1895 when it was sold to F. W. Wheeler & Co., Bay City, Mich. The St. Joseph is listed in Beers, History of the Great lakes, Vol.1, p.883; Inland Lloyds Vessel Register. 1893: Ship Masters' AssOc. Directory,1903. The St. Joseph is also pictured in the Charles S. Neff drawings, side view, showing the deck arch; and as taking part in the righting of the sunk City of Toledo.
- Inscriptions
- Str. St. Joseph. Naubinway, Mich. 1889, Capt. Sam Neff
- Date of Publication
- 1889
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- John S. Neff
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