Grace Danforth (Tug (Towboat), 1888)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Union Dry Dock Company;
Ownership Notes:: Ash, James, (1888-1892); Hand & Johnson Tug Line, (1903); Great Lakes Towing Company, (1906-1916)
Master(s):: Carr, M., (1888); Johnson, J., (1892);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 26, 1888: Port: Buffalo Number: 24 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 1-23-1892
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January 23, 1892: Port: Buffalo Number: 33 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-26-1906
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June 26, 1906: Port: Buffalo
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), Grace Danforth (1888-1907);
b. Propeller (Tug), Cornell (1907-1921)
Nationality:: American (1888-1921)
Chronology:: 1. 9/23/1891, Fort Erie, Canadian side, Niagara River, capsized, sank and raised;
2. 12/00/1900, Buffalo, sprang a leak, sank and raised;
3. 12/ 21-22/1922, Erie, Lake Erie, boiler exploded and sank, (8 lives lost);

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: high pressure non condensing, 21x22, built 1888, by Whitman & Company, Buffalo, New York; Boiler, fire box, 7;'6"x13', built 1892, by M. Riter, Buffalo, New York;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. Naval Architectural Drawings: American Ship Building Co. & Predecessors, (1867-1920);

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