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SIDE-WHEEL PASSENGER STEAMERS CITY OF CLEVELAND AND CITY OF DETROIT PASSING ON LAKE ERIE. BUILT BY THE DETROIT DRY DOCK COMPANY FOR THE DETROIT AND CLEVELAND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Yard Nos. 71 and 88. Built in 1886 and 1889. City of Cleveland. City of Detroit. Length, over all......................................................... 283 feet 6 indhes 297 feet 6 inches Length of keel.......................................................... 272 " o " 287 " 6 " Beam...................................................................... 40 i4 6 " 40 " 6 " Over guards............................................................. 71 " o " 71 " o " Depth..................................................................... 16 " o " 16 " o " Tonnage, gross........................................................ 192395 1919.27 Tonnage, net............................................................ 1324.49 1454.00 Engines, beam (built by W. & A. Fletcher Co.)............... 66x144 in. 44x96 and 68x144 in. Boilers, four cylindrical.............................................. 12 by 11 feet 3 in. Spkciai, Features: Normal speed 18 miles an hour; maximum speed 21 miles an hour; make regular trips every night between Cleveland and Detroit from earliest opening to latest closing of navigation. 161