Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Around the Lakes, p. 149

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PACKAGE FREIGHT STEAMER HARLEM. (DUPLICATE OF THE HUDSON.) BUILT BY THE DETROIT DRY DOCK COMPANY FOR THE WESTERN TRANSIT COMPANY, (new york central. <t hudson river railroad company.) Yard No. 84. Built in 1888. Length, over all............................................................... 304 feet o inches Length of keel............................................................... 285 " o " Beam............................................................................ 41 " o " Depth ........................................................................... 26 " o '.' Gross tonnage 2299.19, net 1858.17. Engines, triple expansion, 23, 36 and 62 by 48 inches. Boilers, two double-ended cylindrical, 11 feet 6 inches by 18 feet. Special Feature: During eight months, the season of open navigation in 1890, the Harlem and Hudson each made twenty-seven round trips between Buffalo and Chicago, making a total for each steamer of 44,000 miles and 102,500 tons of freight. 149

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