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The PIONEER STEAMSHIP COMPANY by KEVIN C. GRIFFIN JAMES P. WALSH Dossin Museum Collection, It has been brought to our attention by a member, Arthur Har- ris of Windsor, Ontario that an error exsists in the data of the ships listed in last months issue. The error concerns net tonnage. This should be listed as deadweight tonnage. It has been corrected in this issue and is listed as dw instead of net tons. This error is not the fault of the author, Mr. Griffon, buUE WS. mMineses Deals 15. FRANK BILLINGS (1916-62) 465 x 56 x 30, 5495 gross tons, 9050 dw tons. Coal-fired triple expansion engines 224 x 36 x 60 with a 42 inch stroke. Built in 1910 dy the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Michigan as the CHAMPLAIN for the Northern Lakes Steamship Company (J.H. Speddy, mgr.). Pur- chased in 1916 by Pioneer. Sold for scrap in 1962. 17. G. A, TOMLINSON (1916-59) 524 x 54 x 30, 6361 gross tons, 9600 dw tons. Coal-fired triple expansion engines 234 x 38 x 42, Built in 1909 by the American Shipbuilding Company at Lorain, Ohio for the Douglas Steamship Company (J.J.H. Brown,mgr.). Purchased by Pioneer in 1916. Sold to the Gart- land Steamship Company in 1959 and renamed HENRY R. PLATT, Jr. In service,