Steamer Vessel "Artic"
Abstract/Description: | Cyanotype photograph of the Steamer "Arctic" or "Artic" of the Lake Superior Transportation Company. A wooden propellor built at Cleveland, Ohio in 1864 for the Buffalo and Cleveland Transportation Company. Gross tonnage of 786 tons and dimensions as ff.: 193.7' x 28.1' x 10.8'. Carried both freight and passengers. Later, she was in the Union Steamship Company and ran to Lake Superior, in 1886-1887 being sold to the Hall Coal Company at Ogdensburgh, New York, when she was cut down to a coal carrier. On September 5, 1893, she foundered off White Rock in Lake Huron in a gale. The "Atlantic" and "Pacific" that were about the same size and with wooden arches also were owned by the Buffalo-Cleveland Transportation Company. |
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Subject(s): | Boats and boating Soo Locks (Mich.) |
Date Created: | 1880 (approximate) |
Title: | Steamer Vessel "Artic". |
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Name(s): |
Bayliss Public Library, contributor Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor Fowle, Otto, contributor Rutherford, James, creator |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | 1880 (approximate) | |
Physical Form: | photographs | |
Extent: | 1 item | |
Abstract/Description: | Cyanotype photograph of the Steamer "Arctic" or "Artic" of the Lake Superior Transportation Company. A wooden propellor built at Cleveland, Ohio in 1864 for the Buffalo and Cleveland Transportation Company. Gross tonnage of 786 tons and dimensions as ff.: 193.7' x 28.1' x 10.8'. Carried both freight and passengers. Later, she was in the Union Steamship Company and ran to Lake Superior, in 1886-1887 being sold to the Hall Coal Company at Ogdensburgh, New York, when she was cut down to a coal carrier. On September 5, 1893, she foundered off White Rock in Lake Huron in a gale. The "Atlantic" and "Pacific" that were about the same size and with wooden arches also were owned by the Buffalo-Cleveland Transportation Company. | |
Subject(s): |
Boats and boating Soo Locks (Mich.) |
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Restrictions on Access: | No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) | |
Is Part Of: | Bayliss Public Library photographs. Identifier: SLC-004 | |
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