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ERIE Two large steel FLEET tugs, built in Cont. 1913, the ALICE ST. C.S.GOLDSBOROUGH, towed the Erie vessels up & down the Chicago River. The Erie Ships had originally a red stack with black top, white hulls and cabins. Later the hulls were black, and the Erie diamond appeared on the stacks of the newer ships. In the Twentieth Century the stack design was Oure-4go changed to a black SSS field with four white bweyo stripes, each stripe bearing a letter of the word ERIE. Also, from about 1895 to 1910, the cabins were painted a bright orange, similar to that now used on some refrigerator cars. In 1915 the Erie Railroad was required to dispose of its Great Lakes fleet. The UNDERWOOD, COOKE, TIOGA and RICHARDSON were acquired by the Great Lakes Transit Corporation. Most of the others went to coast buyers. The BROWNELL was sunk by enemy action in the Mgditerranean in 1918, while her sister the OWEGO carried several Chinese names until about 1939. The tug GOLDSBOROUGH, now called CHICAGO, is in service in New York harbor. On the Lakes the only survivors of this once prosperous fleet are the Nichol~ son craneship STEEL KING, formerly the STARUCCA, and the NASSAU at Chicag formerly the GOULD and GRANVILLE A RICHARDSON. KOR OR KK KK KK KK KK KKK KK KKK KK KKK KK KK KK KK KK OK SHIPS THAT MOHEGAN, wood f NEVER DIE steam barge, (#22) built, 1894 at Marine City. Dimensions 225 x 39 x 14. One of the larger ships of her type she was used most- ly in the lumber trade. She was. owned during most of her Lakes career by Graves of Buffalo. In 1916 she was sold to Republic Mining and Mfg.Co. of New York, which in later years was known as the Alcoa S.S.Co. Thus the MOHEGAN was the pioneer ship of the Alcoa Fleet. After her sale she was rebuilt at Cleveland for service in the bauxite trade between New York and Demerara, British Guiana. Beginning in April, 1917 she carried machinery to the mines in Central America, and bauxite on the return trip. In August, 1918, she was attacked and chased by a German , submarine off Hampton Roads. Several shots were fired, but none hit the * vessel. In December,1918 she was replaced by newer vessels for Alcoa and sold to a Mr.Shapiro of New York. Under his house flag was was to have continued in the Latin American trade, but on her maiden voyage, while at anchor in Rio de Janeiro harbor, she blew up, and was a total loss.