User:GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 7

History
United States
Name	Grecian
Operator	Menominee Transit Company (1891 – 1901) Pittsburgh Steamship Company (1901 – 1906)
Builder	Globe Iron Works Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Yard number	40
Launched	February 26, 1891
In service	1891
Out of service	June 15, 1906
Identification	US official number 86136
Fate	Sank on Lake Huron
General characteristics
Class and type	Lake freighter
Tonnage	2,304 GRT 1,875 NRT
Length	296.2 feet (90.3 m)
Beam	40.4 feet (12.3 m)
Depth	21.1 feet (6.4 m)
Installed power	Engine: 1 × 1,200 hp (890 kW) 40 rpm triple expansion steam engine Boilers: 2 × 160 pounds per square inch (1,100 kPa) Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion	1 × fixed pitch propeller
National Register of Historic Places data Grecian Shipwreck Site U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location Southeast of Alpena, Michigan Coordinates 44°58′7″N 83°12′3″W Built 1891 Architect Globe Iron Works Company Architectural style Lake freighter NRHP reference No. 100001835 Added to NRHP February 8, 2018

History

Background

In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, became the first iron-hulled vessel built on the Great Lakes. In the mid-1840s, Canadian companies began importing iron vessels prefabricated by shipyards in the United Kingdom. However, it would not be until 1862 that the first iron-hulled merchant ship, Merchant, was built on the Great Lakes. Despite the success of Merchant, wooden vessels remained preferable to iron ones until the 1880s, due to their inexpensiveness, and the abundance of timber. In the early 1880s, shipyards around the Great Lakes began to construct iron ships on a relatively large scale; in 1882, Onoko, an iron freighter, temporarily became the largest ship on the lakes. In 1884, the first steel freighters were built on the Great Lakes, and by the 1890s, the majority of ships constructed on the lakes were made of steel.

Sources

• Bowlus, W. Bruce (2010). Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes: The Development of a Delivery System to Feed American Industry. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-786433-26-1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
• Bugbee (1), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part One" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Bugbee (2), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part Two" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Thompson, Mark L. (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2393-6. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.