User:GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 25

48°6′41″N 88°31′55″W / 48.11139°N 88.53194°W / 48.11139; -88.53194

Algoma on her maiden voyage
History
Canada
NameAlgoma
OperatorCanadian Pacific Railway
Port of registryMontreal, Quebec
BuilderAitken & Mansel, Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number270
LaunchedJuly 31, 1883
Maiden voyageMay 11, 1884
Out of serviceNovember 7, 1885
IdentificationCanadian official number 85766
FateSank on Lake Superior
General characteristics
Class and typePackage freighter
Tonnage
Length270 feet (82.3 m)
Beam38.1 feet (11.6 m)
Depth23.3 feet (7.1 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × 210 pounds per square inch (1,400 kPa) fixed pitch propeller
National Register of Historic Places data
Algoma
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 25 is located in Michigan
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 25
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 25 is located in the United States
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 25
LocationSoutheast shore of Mott Island
Coordinates48°6′41″N 88°31′55″W / 48.11139°N 88.53194°W / 48.11139; -88.53194
Built1883
ArchitectAitken & Mansel
Architectural styleFreighter
MPSShipwrecks of Isle Royale National Park TR
NRHP reference No.84001699
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1984

History

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Background

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In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, became the first iron-hulled vessel built on the Great Lakes.[1] In the mid-1840s, Canadian companies began importing iron vessels prefabricated by shipyards in the United Kingdom. However, it would not be until 1862 that the first iron-hulled merchant ship, Merchant, was built on the Great Lakes.[1] Despite the success of Merchant, wooden vessels remained preferable to iron ones until the 1880s, due to their inexpensiveness, and the abundance of timber.[2][3][4] In the early 1880s, shipyards around the Great Lakes began to construct iron ships on a relatively large scale; in 1882, Onoko, an iron freighter, temporarily became the largest ship on the lakes.[4][5] In 1884, the first steel freighters were built on the Great Lakes, and by the 1890s, the majority of ships constructed on the lakes were made of steel.[6][7]

Design and construction

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Service history

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Final voyage

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Wreck

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 24.
  2. ^ Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 26.
  3. ^ Bowlus (2010), p. 85.
  4. ^ a b Thompson (1994), p. 32.
  5. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 48.
  6. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 49.
  7. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 51.

Sources

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  • Bowlus, W. Bruce (2010). Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes: The Development of a Delivery System to Feed American Industry. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-786433-26-1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  • Bugbee (1), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part One" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Bugbee (2), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part Two" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Thompson, Mark L. (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2393-6. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.