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Ships of the GILCHRIST TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, continued from page 1: 4. Wooden steamships, cont'd: [A, 1888 Sheboygan, Wis., 275 x 40. ss Hen & Chickens Is- land, L.Erie, 1918 (See DMH, vol.4, no.4) © HIAWATHA, 1880 Gibbaiter, Mich., 234 x 36. “Tater Canadian CABOTIA. H.S.HUBBELL, 1882 Lorain, 398 tons. Lost 1888. LANSING, 1887 cee Mich., 251 x 41. Abandoned, 1913. Cc. B. LOCKWOOD, 1890 Cleveland, 285 x 45. Foundered, Lake Erie, a JOHN B.LYON, 1881 Cleveland, 256 x 39. Foundered, Lake Erie, 1900 MANHATTAN, i887 Detroit, 252 x 38. Stranded. and burned, Grand Island, Lake Superior, 1903 MARQUETTE, (ex RESURLIC}, 1881 Cleveland, 235 x 35. Foundered, L.Sup- erior, 1903. MASSACHUSETTS, 1882 Detroit, 235 x 37, Later Canadian COMPTON. Wrecked, Lake S,-Louis, Que., 1923 MECOSTA, 1888 W. Bay City, 281 x 40. Foundered near Clevelamd, 1922. MERRIMAC, 1882 Detroit, 235 x 37. Later Canadian ROCK FERRY. Aban- doned, 1924 and registry closed, 1927. MINNESOTA, 1880 Milwaukee, 206 x 36. Burned near Walpole Igland, Lake St. Clair, 1903. NEOSHO, 1888 Cleveland, 266 x 41. Reduced to schooner barge and sent to Atlantic Coast, 1918. Foundered, 1919. NESHOTO, 1889 Cleveland, 284, x 42. Stranded at Crisp Point, Lake Superior, 1908. ALEX NIMICK, 1890 W.Bay City, 298 x 40. Stranded, Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, 1907. OREGON, 1882 W.Bay City, 197 x 33. Burned and stranded, North Chan- nel, Georgian Ba 1 OLYMPIA, 1889 Cleveland, 276 x hl. Stranded, 1921, Lake Ontario. © A.A.PARKER, (ex KASOTA), 1884 Cleveland, 2h6 x 38. Foundered off Grand Marais. Mich., 1903. QUITO, (ex DAVID BALLANTINE), 1873 Bangor, Michigan. 204 x 36. Missed Lorain piers and stranded, 1902- ROBERT R.RHODES, 1887 Cleveland, 246 x 40. Later Canadian. Wrecked in Welland Canal, 1921. Abandoned, 1922. R.E.SCHUCK (1), 1890 Cleveland, 265 x 41. Later C.C.HAND. Burned, Big Summer Island, Lake Michi, iy 1913. te tort. W.Bay City, 272 x 39. Foundered off Long Point, Lake Erie 905 SITKA, i887 W.Bay City, 272 x 40.5, Stranded, Lake Superior, 1905. Con tinued, next page eo EER ak ee ee EE EE REP EER AR Ee See Right: The CITY OF GENOA, one of the largest wooden hulls on the Great Lakes, 321 ft length o.a. Shown here late in her life, after her main and mize zen masts had been moved. Most of e big wooden freighters had 3 7 or 4 masts when EL built. Pesha Photo.