Ben Campbell (Tug (Towboat), 1894)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Charlevoix, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Joseph Beauvais
Ownership Notes:: Geiken, G. C., (1894):The Cleveland Tug Company, (1895); Great Lakes Towing Company, (1908-1911);
Master(s):: Geiken, G. C., (1894); Smith, J. A., (1895);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 25, 1894: Port: Grand Haven Number: 70 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-27-1895
April 27, 1895: Port: Cleveland Number: 62 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-25-1899
October 25, 1899: Port: Cleveland Number: 57 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland xxxxx 6-24-1908
June 24, 1908: Port: Cleveland Number: 79 of 1908
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Name Changed to Fairmont
Next document: Grand Haven 12-6-1911
December 6, 1911: Port: Grand Haven
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Detroit 3-30-1920; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned); Next document: Cleveland

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), Ben Campbell (1894-1908);
b. Propeller (Tug), Fairmount (1908-1920)
Nationality:: American (1894-1920)
Chronology:: 1. 00/00/1902, Sycamore Street slip, Cleveland, sank and raised;*
2. 8/00/1906, Great Lakes Towing Dock, Cleveland, collision, (a Scow), sank and raised;
3. 11/27/1911, Presque Isle Harbor, Lake Erie, ashore and released;

Notes

General notes:: *She was raised in 1903 in Cleveland and towed to Fairport, Ohio, for repairs;
She was abandoned at Detroit, Michigan, on 3/20/1920;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstract: Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;

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