Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 9, n. 8 (April 1956), p. 3

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Ships of the GILCHRIST TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, continued from page 1: 1. Wooden schooners and schooner barges: (2 HOMER D.AVLERSON, 1885 Port Huron, 760 tons. MELVIN S BACON, is7y, Vermilion, O., 614 tons. © BENJAMIN F. BRUCE, 1873 E. Saginaw, 729 tons. (Illustration on first page. This ship also appears as the first schooner behind the tug CHAMPION in the well known Whipple painting of this record tow) COMRADE, 1883 Buffalo, 880 tons WILLIAM S.CROSTHWAITE, 1873 E. Saginaw, 673 tons. HENRY FITZHUGH, 1866 Ssweeo, N.Y., 315 tons. FLORIDA, 1868 Oswego, ka tons. CHARLES "FOSTER, 1876 Milan, 0.,997 tons. SAMUEL H. FOSTER, 1873 Cleveland, 672 tons. F.A.GEORGER, 1874 Ste tae a 5 825 tons. HAVANA, 1871 Oswego, 306 t R.B.HAYES, 1877 Gibralter, Mich. , 668 tons. HOMER H. HINE, 1871 Fairport, 0. AVE Iosco, 1873 Alabaster, Mich. ,198 tons. a)” yy" JOHN T. JOHNSON, 1873 Huron, 0., 448 tons. ° q HENRY A.KENT, 1873 Detroit, 771 tons. wr ee 1882 Cleveland, 1676 tons. yw HINEAS MARSH, 1867 Black River, 0.,543 tons. CHARLES P; MINCH, 1867 Vermilion, 408 tons. MOONLIGHT, 1874 Milwaukee, 777 tons. B.W. PARKER, 1890 Gibralter, 1476 tons. CONRAD REID, 1881 Lorain, 288 tons. THOMAS P. SHELDON, 1871 E. Saginaw, 669 tons. ANGUS SMITH, 1876 Milwaukee, 588 tons. GERRIT SMITH, 1855 Buffalo, 254 tons. - TWIN SISTERS, 1889 E. Seek seg tons. [ VERONA, 1873 Cleveland, 728 SAMUEL L. WATSON, 1874 bettott, 606 tons. YUKON, 1893 W. Bay City, 1602 tons 2. Steel barges: ANTRIM, cata Cleveland, 366 x 44. Later tanker barge S.0.Co."C", and crapped in 1946. TYRONE, 1895 Cleveland, 300 x 41. Later in General Transit and Hutch- inson (Buckeye ) fleets. Secapped c.1934. 3. Wooden tug: (1) RELIEF, 1855 Buffalo, 362 tons. KOK KOK KK OK OK KOK KOK OK ROK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK K Left: The steel barge TYRONE which Gilchrist acquired from 20th century. There were four other steel barges of close to same dimensi sions: MALTA, MARCIA, A.W. THOMPSON, and _S.D.WARRINER. (See DMH,Vol5, No.3.,Ed. )

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