Mineral Rock (Propeller), U16622, 5 Sep 1895

Description

Full Text: The steamer MINERAL ROCK is being dismantled by the Wolverine Dry Dock Co. Her engines and boilers will be taken out and laid away, and she will be rebuilt into a tow barge for the lumber trade. She was built in 1856 by Van Slyke of Buffalo.
Port Huron Daily Times
Thursday, September 5, 1895

Steam screw MINERAL ROCK. U. S. No. 16622. Of 428.09 tons gross; 296.04 tons net. Built Buffalo, N.Y., in 1856. Home Port, Port Huron, Mich. 167.5 x 27.5 x 13.3
Merchant Vessel List, U.S., 1895

Prop. MINERAL ROCK. U. S. No. 16622. Of 555 tons gross. Built Buffalo, 1856. DISPOSITION - Abandoner 1896.
Merchant Steam Vessels of the U. S.
Lytle - Holdcamper List 1790 - 1868
Media Type: Text; Newspaper
Item Type: Clippings
Notes: rebuilding as tow barge ?
Date of Original: 1895
Subject(s): Propellers
Mineral Rock (Propeller)
Local identifier: McN.E.10472
Language of Item: English
Donor: William R. McNeil
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