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SHIPS FANNIE C. HART, THAT wooden passen- NEVER ger & freight DIE propeller, (#49) built at Man- itowoc by Rand and Burger in 1888 for The Green Bay Trans- portation Co., (Hart . Brothers), of Green Bay Wisconsin, Dimensions: 150 x 30: 476 gross tons, 394 net. Her area of service was upper Lake Michigan & ke Huron between Green Bay ports, Mack- inac Island and the Soo River. In the Eighties, Nineties, & early 1900's there were a dozen similar small but sturdy craft ply- ing between the cities along the north shore of these two lakes, & calling also at the numerous islands in those waters, carrying passengers, mail and general freight. The Hart Line was the largest fleet in this ser- vice and continued regular operation until about 1910, when it went out of business, and its ships sold to other owners. The FANNIE C. HART was sentes the Atlantic Coast not long afterward, and sailed for many years out of - New London, Connecticut as a sort of "mother ship" and supply tender for a fleet of oyster boats. The large picture above shows the vessel as she looked when she was sailing on the Lakes, while the very small inset at the upper right corner shows her lying at dock in New London in 1929. The vessel was abandoned and junked in the middle Thirties. ROR OR ROR OK ROR ROR OK OR ROR ROK KOK OR OK KOK OK ROR OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK KOK OF THE HART Below are the names and other data on several of the vessels of FLEET be fleet referred to above. In later years the Green Bay Trans- ortation Co., was known as the Hart Transportation Co. Any additional ineoieatton which our members can supply on these or other units of the Hart fleet will be appreciated and inserted in subsequent numbers. Strs. BON AMI, 1894 eure vueks Mich., 120 x 21, 98 g.t. Renamed NORTH SHORE, ¢e.1923, and operated for many years around Chicago Harbor. Abandoned, Sturgeon Bay, about 1930. EUGENE C. HART, mit Manitowoc. 152 x 25, 522 g.t. Was on the Coast, n the Florida area for several years, return- tne to the Lakes after War I as NORLOND. Found- ered near Milwaukee, 1922 FANNIE C.HART 1888 Manitowoc. 150 x 30, 476 gt. Later ROWE. HARRIET A.HART (ex CITY OF LOUISVILLE, ex R.C.REID), 1888 Saugatuck. 174 x 30, 554 gt. Burned, Le Huron, 1905. C.W.MOORE 1881 Aiiesens Mich. ,125 ft.,38 3 g.t. Later on Lake Superior in the Booth Line, and finally abandoned ww in North Branch of Chicago River, near Division Street bridge. Reported still lying there, sunk. SAILOR BOY, 1991 Fis City. 91 x 24, 162 g.t. Also sailed for a ie in the Arnold Line of Mackinac Island. THISTLE, 1887 onaeaas: 124 x 25, 127 g.t.