1871, April 23 Launched, first steam barge on the Lakes, one of the
first to use consort system; towed GEORGE N. ELY in
Cleveland, Ohio to Marquette, Michigan ore trade; 11
round trips to Lake Superior
1874 Reengined with 20 + 40 x 30" steeple engine, 400hp at 90 rpm by
Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio
1877, April 27 Rebult, 2 decks, 2 masts, 179.6 x 31.6 x 12.7',
844 gross/551.88 net tons
1880, March 1 Owned John W. Moore, et.al., Cleveland
1881, April Large repairs to hull; new stack, refitted machinery
1882 Ran Duluth to Buffalo in grain & coal trade; towed G.N.ELY &
MINERAL STATE
1882, October Struck reef at Detour entrance to Sault River
1885 Towed KINGFISHER & FRANK PEREW in Cleveland to Ontonagan,
Michigan lumber trade
1886, April 20 844.94 gross/694.56 net tons
1887, April 8 Owned C.E. Benham, et.al., Cleveland; towed QUEEN CITY
1888 Towed CHARLES HALL & QUEEN CITY
1890 Towed schooner QUEEN CITY.
1892 Towed H.C.RICHARDS & QUEEN CITY
1892, September 10 Grounded, Pipe Island
1895 Ashore near Sturgeon Bay
1896, March 31 Owned C.E. Benham, Cleveland; towed JOSEPH PAIGE
1897, April 27 Owned Charles A. Benham, Cleveland
1898 Towed SOPHIA MINCH & ABERDEEN
1900, May 23 744 gross/452 net tons; owned C.A. Benham, et.al.; towed
DONALDSON
1901, April 9 Owned C.A. Benham & J.E. Miller, Cleveland; towed
KINGFISHER & HOMER
1902 Towed PLANET
1903, January 15 Owned C.A. Benham & Maggie C. Miller
1903, April 21 Owned M.J. Benham, Cleveland; idle
1903, April 23 Sold Goderich, Ontario
1906, September 15 Sprang leak, Lake Erie; beached at Marblehead;
towed to Sandusky, Ohio where she sank
1907, June 26 Owned Harris W. Baker, Detroit, Michigan; raised,
dismantled at Detroit
1908 Abandoned; unfit
