User:GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 7
44°58′7″N 83°12′3″W / 44.96861°N 83.20083°W
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| Name | Grecian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Builder | Globe Iron Works Company, Cleveland, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yard number | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | February 26, 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In service | 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of service | June 15, 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Identification | US official number 86136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sank on Lake Huron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class and type | Lake freighter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 296.2 feet (90.3 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beam | 40.4 feet (12.3 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth | 21.1 feet (6.4 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Propulsion | 1 × fixed pitch propeller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History edit
Background edit
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]
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References edit
- ^ a b Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 24.
- ^ Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 26.
- ^ Bowlus (2010), p. 85.
- ^ a b Thompson (1994), p. 32.
- ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 48.
- ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 49.
- ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 51.
Sources edit
- 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.