Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Arabia
Also known as:
Bickerdike; Maplebrook; City of Windsor; Belleville
Year of Build:
1873
Rebuilt:
1. 1906;
Official Number:
105254
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Iron
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Gibson and Craig
Ownership Notes:
Root, Bird A., (1873); Allen, Jr., J., (1874); Western Transit Company, (1873-1904); Rutler, J. H., (1884); Jewett, S. S., (1886); Great Lakes Engineering Works, (1904-1905); Upton, Frank S., (1905-1906); Montreal & Great Lakes Steamship Companyu, Ltd., (1906-1913); Canada Steamship Line, Ltd., (1913-1932); St. Lawrence Tankers, Ltd., (1932-1937);
Master(s):
Dickinson, W., (1873-1874); Shea, S., (1884); Shea, P., (1886); Murray, R. W., (1897;
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1873)
Hull Dimensions
1873
Length: 221.8' Width/Beam: 34.5' Depth: 14.2'
1906
Length: 233' Width/Beam: 34.5' Depth: 14.2'
Tonnage
1873
Gross: 1,395.48 Net: 1,202.00
1906
Gross: 1,515 Registered: 864
Enrollments/Registration
May 10, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 193 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 3-21-1874
View document online
March 21, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 162 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-29-1884
View document online
April 29, 1884
   Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-27-1886
View document online
March 27, 1886
   Port: Buffalo Number: 31 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-11-1897
View document online
March 11, 1897
   Port: Buffalo Number: 50 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-21-1904
December 21, 1904
   Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Arabia (1873-1906);
b. Propeller, Bickerdike (1906-1920);
c. Propeller, Maplebrook (1920-1926);
d. Propeller, City of Windsor (1926-1930);;
e. Propeller, Belleville (1930-1937)
Nationality:
American(1873-1906); Canadian (1906-1937)
Chronology:
1. 6/4/1909, caught fire and burned, repaired;
2. 8/17/1913, Alpena, ashore and released;
Notes
General notes:
She was scrapped at Quebec City, Quebec, in 1937-1938;
Machinery: double steeple compound engine, 20-20-45x36, built 1873, by King Iron Works, Buffalo, New york; Boiler #1, fire box, 10-x18', built 1873 by King Iron Works, Buffalo, New York; Boiler #2, scotch 10-x18', built 1901, installed, 1920 by Farrar & Treets;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. Wright's Master Sheet;
4. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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