ABERCORN
Year of Build:  1874 Official Number:  US105361
Also Known As:  
CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP
Build City:Marine City Build State:MI
Vessel Type:Steambarge Number of Decks:1
Hull Materials:Wood Hull #:
Builder Name:John J. Hill
Master Carpenter:
Built on Bottom of:
Original Owner:Leitch et al.
Location:Marine City, MI
Ownership Notes:
POWER
Powered By:Sail
Number of Masts:2
Propulsion Type:Screw Engine Type:High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:1 # Boilers:1
# Propellers:1
Propulsion Notes:22 cyl. 32" stroke 300 hp engine from Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit.

1 Firebox 7'X 14"
DIMENSIONS
Length:126.1 Tonnage (old style):
Beam:26.1 Tonnage (gross):260
Depth:11 Tonnage (net):190
Capacity:
FINAL DISPOSITION
Final Location:Goderich, ONT, Lake Huron.
Final Date: [month] 5 [day] 9 [year] 1904
Final Depth:
Final Dispostion How:Burned at dock.
Final Cargo:
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GPS Latitude:
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Final Notes:Caught fire in explosion of signal lamp.
Remains were abandoned, hulk sold Canada in 1905.
HISTORY AND NOTES
History:1874 Owned by James Leitch et al, Marine City.

1874 September Ashore and lightered, Port Colborne, ONT, Lake Erie.

1875 Upper works burned Marine City.

1883 October Aground Spectacle Reef, MI, Lake Huron.

1885 August 9 Coal laden, in collision on St. Clair River; repaired.

1888 Owned Robert Leitch et al.

1889 Sunk in collision with propeller CUBA, near Marine City, refloated.

1899 Owned Sarah Leitch et al.

1898, Oct 27 Disabled on Lake Michigan, towed to Grand Haven, MI.

1899, May 17 Owned Henry Pauly.

1890 February 24 Received steel arches at Port Huron, MI.

1903 Owned W.J. Willoughby of Cleveland.

1904 September 5 Burned at dock, Goderich, ONT, Lake Huron.

1904/1905 Hulk sold to Canada.
From the Collection of: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Unique ID:837
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