George Spencer (Propeller, 1884)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Thomas Quayle's Sons
Ownership Notes:: Wilson, Thomas, (1884-1885); Pennington, B. L., (1888-1899); Commercial Transit Company, (1895-1897); Tonawanda Iron & Steel Company, (1899-1905);
Master(s):: Murphy, S. N., (1884-1885); Pennington, B. L., (1888-1895); Cowin, W. H., (1890); Powell, B., (1897); Williams, Archie, (1899);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 21, 1884: Port: Cleveland Number: 4 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-21-1885
April 21, 1885: Port: Cleveland Number: 24 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-16-1888
March 16, 1888: Port: Cleveland Number: 51 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-5-1889
April 5, 1889: Port: Cleveland Number: 79 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-24-1890
March 24, 1890: Port: Cleveland Number: 48 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-29-1895
March 29, 1895: Port: Cleveland Number: 28 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-21-1897
May 21, 1897: Port: Cleveland Number: 142 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Masts Changed from 3 to 2
Next document: Niagara Falls 4-14-1899
April 14, 1899: Port: Niagara Falls Number: 3 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Niagara Falls 12-5-1905; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, George Spencer (1984-1905)
Nationality:: American (1884-1905)
Chronology:: 1. 11/28/1905, near Thomasville, Minnesota, Lake Superior, ashore and became a total loss, (coal);

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: fore & aft compound engine, 26-50x36, built 1884, by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio; Boiler, fire box, 10'6"x17', built 1884, by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;

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