Wooden Package Freight Steamer ALEX McVITTIE. Built for the Central Vermont Line by the Detroit Dry Dock Company. Yard No. 99 Built in 1890 Length, over all, 253 feet, 4 inches. Beam 42 feet. Depth 25 feet, 6 inches Gross tonnage, 2,046.90, net 1,552.88 Engines, compound, 27 and 44 by 50 inches stroke. boilers, two cylindrical, 8 by 15 1/2 feet.