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1909 THE KINNEY STEAMSHIP COMPANY 1935 Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. A.T. Kinney of Cleveland owned and operated various ships on the Great Lakes from 1908 until 1935. The first Kinney SS. Co. vessel was the J.S. ASHLEY in 1909. In 1910, A.T. Kinney operated the ANDREW S. UPSON under the title of Tecumseh SS. Co., along with the ASHLEY in the Kinney fleet. During the seasons of 1912 and 1913, he operated the following Wolvin boats: AUGUSTUS 8B. WOLVIN, JAMES C. WALLACE and WARD AMES under the title of the Acme SS. Co. and H.P. BOPE in the Standard SS. Co. In 1913, CALDERA was operated in the Croxton SS. Co. In 1914, Kinney consolidated all his vessels under the Kinney Steamship Company flag. These were the ANDREW S. UPSON, J CALDERA, and J.S. ASHLEY and ALFRED P. _ WRIGHT which was purchased and run under the Buckeye SS. Co. colors. (This is not to be confused with the later Hutchinson Buckeye SS. Co.) In 1915, the ROBERT L. IRELAND was purchased and the ALFRED P. WRIGHT burned in November that year. The E.J. EARLING was purchased in 1924. From this date until the vessels were sold to the Wilson Transit Company in 1935, the ships were very well recognized by lake ship buffs. The hulls were a very dark green, cabins white and a bright orange-red railing graced the bows of each ship. They had black stacks with a hollow white diamond with a yellow "K" inside it. CALDERA Upbound in the St. Clair River Pesha photo ’ Steel bulk freighter (U.S.204864) built in 1908 at W. Bay City by the W. Bay City Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #173), 504 x 54 x 26.9; 6328 gross tons. Renamed b) A.T. KINNEY in 1918. Sold Canadian in 1961 and renamed c) HILLSDALE. Sold for overseas scrapping in 1968. {= e