Wisconsin Maritime Museum

N. K. Fairbanks (Propeller, 1874)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
N. K. Fairbanks
Also known as:
Eliza H. Strong
Year of Build:
1874
Rebuilt:
1. 1899, Tonawanda, New York;
Official Number:
130033
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Marine City, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Morley, W. B. and John J. Hill, (David Lester, master carpenter)
Ownership Notes:
Morley, J. J., (1875-1882); Moore, John W., (1884-1894); Moore, J. W., (1885-1895); Bartow, John H., (1892-1893); Pierson, A. S., (1894); Strong Transportation Company, (1899-1904);
Master(s):
Morley, J. J., (1875); Morley, W. B., ((1876); Morley, J. J., (1882); Moore, John W., (1884-1885); Neville, Richard, (1886);
Hoad, J. H., (1887); Stover, J. H., (1888-1893);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1874)
Hull Dimensions
1874
Length: 205' Width/Beam: 36.7' Depth: 11.3'
1899
Length: 205' Width/Beam: 36.7' Depth: 11.3'
Tonnage
1874
Gross: 781 Net: 614
1899
Gross: 980.30 Net: 831.27
Enrollments/Registration
May 4, 1875
   Port: Rochester Number: 8 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Rochester 3-11-1882
March 11, 1882
   Port: Rochester Number: 4 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-1-1884
April 1, 1884
   Port: Cleveland Number: 33 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-2-1885
September 2, 1885
   Port: Cleveland Number: 9 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-12-1886
April 12, 1886
   Port: Cleveland Number: 50 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-5-1887
April 5, 1887
   Port: Cleveland Number: 48 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-10-1888
April 10, 1888
   Port: Cleveland Number: 72 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-4-1888
June 4, 1888
   Port: Cleveland Number: 121 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Cleveland 4-21-1890
April 21, 1890
   Port: Cleveland Number: 96 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-14-1891
May 14, 1891
   Port: Cleveland Number: 111 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-6-1892
April 6, 1892
   Port: Cleveland Number: 75 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-2-1893
March 2, 1893
   Port: Cleveland Number: 62 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-21-1894
April 21, 1894
   Port: Cleveland Number: 82 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-26-1894
June 26, 1894
   Port: Cleveland Number: 116 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-19-1895

Next document: (Vessel Lost)

Next document: (Vessel sold foreign)

Next document: Buffalo 11-6-1904

Next document: (Vessel sold foreign)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, N. K. Fairbanks (1874-1895);
b. Propeller, Eliza H. Strong (1895-1904)
Nationality:
American (1874-1895); Canadian (1895-1899); American (1899-1904);
Chronology:
1. 8/17/1893, Point Iroquois, Lake Superior, ashore in a fog and released;
2. 5/3/1895, Morgan's Point, near Port Colborne, Lake Erie, caught on fire, burned and stranded, sank and raised on 6/215/1895;
3 8/31/1901, Lake Superior, waterlogged and towed into port for repairs;
4. 10/26/1904, off Port Sanilac, Michigan, Lexington, ashore and burned, (lumber); The hull was towed to shore at Lexington,
Michigan;
5. 11/28/1904, the wreck was stripped and abandoned;*
Notes
General notes:
*The Reid Wrecking Company had a contract to raise the hull in July, 1905;
She was abandoned to the underwriters on 9/3/1901;
After burning at Morgan's Point, the hull was sold to the Carter Brothers, of Port Colborne on 5/25/1895, Hull was raised on 6/15/1895 and she was re-enrolled as a new vessel at Buffalo, N. YK, 5/10/1899;
She was named after a prominent grain dealer at Chicago.
Sources:
1. Master Abstract: Cleveland, Ohio; Rochester, New York;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Rochester, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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