HADLEY, GEORGE G.
Year of Build:  1888 Official Number:  US86026
Also Known As:  WILLIAM P. REND (1902)
CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP
Build City:West Bay City Build State:MI
Vessel Type:Bulk Freighter Number of Decks:2
Hull Materials:Wood Hull #:
Builder Name:James Davidson
Master Carpenter:
Built on Bottom of:
Original Owner:George G. Hadley, et al
Location:Toledo, OH.
Ownership Notes:
POWER
Powered By:Mechanical
Number of Masts:3
Propulsion Type:Screw Engine Type:Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:3 # Boilers:2
# Propellers:1
Propulsion Notes:20, 33 + 54 x 42" stroke engine, 900hp @80rpm built Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, MI.
2 - 11.5' x 131" scotch boilers, 150# steam built M. Riter, Buffalo, NY.
DIMENSIONS
Length:287.6' Tonnage (old style):
Beam:40' Tonnage (gross):2073
Depth:21.6' Tonnage (net):1657
Capacity:
FINAL DISPOSITION
Final Location:Off North Point, Thunder Bay. Lake Huron.
Final Date: [month] 22 [day] 9 [year] 1917
Final Depth:
Final Dispostion How:Storm.
Final Cargo:Stone.
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Final Notes:Driven ashore; broken up by storm; no lives lost.
HISTORY AND NOTES
History:1888, Apr 6 Enrolled Toledo; owned Toledo Transportation Co.

1893 Towed schooner GEORGE.

1893, Sep 18 Sank freighter CORODUS in collision.

1894 Disabled, Lake Superior.

1895, Sep 7 Damaged rudder, Eagle River, Lake Superior.

1896, Jul 30 Owned Union Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Toledo.

1898, Aug 13 Owned William Rend, Chicago, Phoenix Coal Co.; towed BACON, GRANADA & EWEN.

1902, Jun 7 Collided with & sank whaleback THOMAS WILSON outside Duluth piers; 9 lives lost on THOMAS WILSON, HADLEY beached.

1902, Oct 7 Raised & repaired, renamed WILLIAM P. REND.

1905, May Aground Manitou Island, Lake Superior; released & repaired.

1908 Rebuilt Shipowners Dry Dock, Chicago.

1915 Rebuilt as barge at W.H. Oades Shipyard, Detroit.

1917, Oct 2 Lost on Thunder Bay, Lake Huron.
From the Collection of: C. Patrick Labadie
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Unique ID:62299
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