Steamer Vessel ""Artic""
Rating
Identifier
AK01a084.jpg
Title
Steamer Vessel "Artic "
Creator
Rutherford, James
Subject
Soo Locks (Mich.) ; Boats and boating
Description
Cyanotype photograph of the Steamer "Arctic " or "Artic " of the Lake Superior Transportation Company . A wooden propellor built at Cleveland , Ohio , in 1864 for the Buffalo and Cleveland Transportation Company . Gross tonnage of 786 tons and dimensions as ff. : 193.7 ' x 28.1 ' x 10.8 '. Carried both freight and passengers . Later she was in the Union Steamship Co. , and ran to Lake Superior , in 1886-1887 being sold to the Hall Coal Company at Ogdensburgh , New York , when she was cut down to a coal carrier . On September 5 , 1893 she foundered off White Rock in Lake Huron , in a gale . The "Atlantic " and "Pacific " that were about the same size and with wooden arches , also were owned by the Buffalo-Cleveland Transportation Company .
Publisher
Bayliss Public Library (Sault Ste . Marie , Mich.) ; Superiorland Library Cooperative (Marquette , Mich.)
Contributors
Fowle , Otto
Date
ca. 1880
DateDigital
3/16/2005
Type
Image/photograph
Format
image/jpeg ; 630 KB
Source
Electronic reproduction of: Photograph of Steamer Vessel ""Artic"" ; 11 x 19 cm. Original held at the Bayliss Public Library, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Language
eng
Coverage
1880-1889
CoverageSpatial
Sault Ste . Marie (Mich)
Rights
Digital materials in the Upper Peninsula Digitization Center collections are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide. For further information contact the Superiorland Library Cooperative staff (updigit@uproc.lib.mi.us).
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