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Contributors: Maritime History of the Great Lakes- Item types: Clippings
- Groups: Canadian Marine News
- Year: 1878
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- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sat., May 4, 1878
This wrecking tug (C#7406) had an interesting career as a ferry, tug, gunboat and wrecker. She was built at Point Edward, Ont. by Robert Steed in 1859 as the small (275 t., 154 ft) rail ferry MICHIGAN for use in Sarnia-Port Huron by the Grand Trunk Railway. Apparently not well-suited … This wrecking tug (C#7406) had an interesting career as a ferry, tug, gunboat and wrecker. She was built at Point Edward, Ont. by Robert Steed in 1859 as the small …Maritime History of the Great Lakes - Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sun., Oct. 27, 1878 This deck cargo was fairly small in proportion to her tonnage (1,094), and as a low, two-deck sidewheeler, she was not likely to capsize in any event. She was US#125662, built at Campbell & Owen (later Detroit Dry Dock) in 1878. She was renamed CITY OF THE STRAITS in 1893, … This deck cargo was fairly small in proportion to her tonnage (1,094), and as a low, two-deck sidewheeler, she was not likely to capsize in any event. She was US#125662, …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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