Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

REID, FRANK (1886, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
REID, FRANK
Year of Build:
1886
Official Number:
92281
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Meaford, ONT
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Alfred Morel
Original Owner and Location:
Robert Reid, Owen Sound, ONT
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
2
Propulsion Notes:
12 + 12 x 12", 40hp engine, Sutton Brothers, Buffalo, NY (1876)
Hull Dimensions
Length:
60'
Beam:
12'
Depth:
6'
Tonnage (gross):
34.1
Tonnage (net):
23.19
Final Disposition
Final Location:
near Barrie Island, North Channel, Georgian Bay
Lake Huron
Date:
Nov 1889
How:
wrecked
History
Chronology:

1886, Apr Launched, Meaford, ONT.

1899, Nov Wrecked Lake Huron; out of Owen Sound, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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