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PEWABIC |
| Year of Build: 1863 |
Official Number: AMERICAN |
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| CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP |
| Build City: | Cleveland |
Build State: | OH |
| Vessel Type: | Propeller |
Number of Decks: | 1 |
| Hull Materials: | Wood |
Hull #: | |
| Builder Name: | Peck & Masters |
| Master Carpenter: | |
| Built on Bottom of: | |
| Original Owner: | J.T. Whiting & Co. |
| Location: | Cleveland, OH. |
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| POWER |
| Powered By: | Mechanical |
| Number of Masts: | 1 |
| Propulsion Type: | Screw |
Engine Type: | High Pressure (including HPNC) |
| # Cylinders: | 2 |
# Boilers: | 2 |
| # Propellers: | 2 |
| Propulsion Notes: | Two 26.5 X 30" engines by Cuyahoga Iron Works, Cleveland, OH.
Two boilers 8 X 20' of 3/8".
Two wheels 8.5' diameter. |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Length: | 200.24 |
Tonnage (old style): | 738 79/95 |
| Beam: | 31.07 |
Tonnage (gross): | |
| Depth: | 12.44 |
Tonnage (net): | |
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| FINAL DISPOSITION |
| Final Location: | Off Thunder Bay, 7 miles from Alpena, MI.
Lake Huron. |
| Final Date: |
[month] 9
[day] 8
[year] 1864
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| Final Depth: | 180' |
| Final Dispostion How: | Sunk in collision. |
| Final Cargo: | 180 passengers, copper. |
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| Final Notes: | Bound Houghton, MI - Cleveland, OH, sunk in collision with propeller METEOR; 33 died.
Many salvage attempts beginning 1880, 8 died in these attempts. |
| HISTORY AND NOTES |
| History: | 1863, Oct 6 Enrolled Cleveland, OH; pewabic is indian word for iron, ran on Lake Superior Line.
1865, May 8 Readmeasured Cleveland, OH 198 X 31 X 20.6', 979.07 gross tons.
1865, May 9 Change home port to Detroit, MI.
1865, Aug 9 Sank Lake Huron. |
| From the Collection of: |
C. Patrick Labadie |
| Sources: | tre
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| Unique ID: | 112129 |
| IMAGE GALLERY (click any image to see a larger view) |
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