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Season of navigation, 1909 by Harvey Childs Beeson pub. Beeson-Payne Co., Chicago, IL IRON ORE CARRIERS ----------------- This list of vessels comprise of both American and Canadian steam, sail and unrigged vessels engaged in carrying iron ore on the Great Lakes, contains, with possibly half a dozen exceptions, the name of every vessel in the ore trade. The cargo capacity of each vessel as given, is a record cargo once carried by such vessel, and supposedly on as great a draft of water as was in each case compatible with the safe navigation of the vessel. The figures given have for the most part been obtained direct from the owners, and in most cases have been figured out by them on the entire season's work of the vessel. * Following the name of a vessel, indicates that she is a barge. ========================================================================== VESSEL NAME TONS VESSEL NAME TONS ========================================================================== Abyssinia * 3600 Nasmyth, James * 5710 Adams, Thomas 6000 Neebing 3000 Admiral 6680 Neilson, James B. 3521 Adriatic * 1800 Neosho 2800 Agawa (Can.) 6000 Neptune 5100 Albright, John J. 6600 Nester, George * 1450 Algonquin 2500 New York 2400 Alva 4200 Niagara 2900 Amazon 6200 Nicholas, I. W. 4000 Amazonas 3750 Norton, David Z. 9000 America 3200 Nottingham, Wm. 6000 Ames, Ward 10278 117 * 3203 Andaste 3187 118 * 3161 Andrews, Matthew 10376 130 * 3072 Angeline 7086 131 * 3134 Antrim * 5600 132 * 3110 Arabian * (Can.) 1250 133 * 3125 Armour, P. D. 2750 134 * 3109 Athena * 3600 137 * 5198 Aurania 5500 Oceanica 2100 Australia 6000 Odanah 7411 Baker, Geo. F. 12447 Oglebay, E. W. 5100 Ball Brothers 8000 Ohl, Edwin N. 7075 Ball, Frank C. 10000 Oliver, Henry W. 7127 Baltic * 2000 Olympia 2800 Barlum, John J. * 2300 Omaha 2000 Bartow, J. H. 9584 Onoko 3500 Bell, Sir Isaac L. * 5707 Orinoco 3700 Bermuda 2300 Orion 3100 Berry, B. F. 7592 Osborne, F. M. 6200 Berwind, Harry A. 11137 Osler, E. B. 9316 Bessemer, Sir Henry 5900 Owen, John 3200 Bielman, C. F. 3300 Biwabik * 2600 Pabst, Fred 3150 Bixby, W. K. 8328 Packer, Harry E. 1750 Black, Clarence A. 6537 Page, Marion W. * 1400 Black Rock 3000 Paine, Wm. A. 8300 Boland, John J. 9618 Paisley * 2000 Bope, H. P. 9541 Paliki 2200 Bourke, Mary N. * 1500 Palmer, Wm. P. 2975 Bransford 6250 Panay 5500 Brazil 3200 Parent, S. N. 2500 Briton 3227 Parks, Sheldon 10298 Brittanic 1800 Pathfinder 3928 Brower, A. G. 5000 Peavey, Frank H. 6820 Brown, Fayette 3500 Peavey, Geo. W. 6816 Brown, Harvey H. 4500 Peck, E. M. 2700 Brown, J. J. H. 8234 Pennington, B. L. * 2000 Brown, Wm. L. 7000 Perkins, Geo. W. 10500 Brown, W. W. 5000 Phenix 2400 Bryn Mawr * 6966 Phipps, Henry 11685 Bulgaria 2600 Pioneer 1800 Bunsen, Robt. W. E. 6973 Plankinton, John 2750 Burma * 1550 Poe, Gen. O. M. 7360 Butler, Joseph G. 10000 Pollock, Wm. G. 7500 Polynesia 6200 Cadillac 2546 Pontiac 3686 Caledonia 2900 Pope, E. C. 4000 Calumet 7283 Presque Isle 6587 Cambria 2892 Princeton 7216 Carnegie, Andrew 6152 Pueblo 2000 Carrington * 5434 Cartagena 2800 Queen City 6080 Carter, E. D. 9300 Case 3100 Raleigh 2000 Castalia 4550 Ranney, Rufus P. 2100 Centurion 2504 Rappahannock 3550 Chattanooga * 4125 Ravenscraig 3400 Chickamauga * 4400 Ream, Norman B. 10000 Chieftain * 5100 Reed, James H. 7578 Chili 4000 Rees, W. D. 5645 Chisholm, Wm. 2500 Rensselaer 7307 Choctaw 3121 Republic 4300 Christopher 6500 Rhodes, D. P. * 1800 Clark, E. A. S. 6600 Rhodes, Joshua W. 7500 Clement, S. M. 8600 Rhodes, R. R. 2400 Clyde 2000 Rhodes, Wm. Castle 3200 City of Bangor 4600 Richardson, W. C. 5400 City of Berlin 3000 Reis, William E. 6600 City of Genoa 3100 Riddle, J. Q. 9921 City of London 3000 Robbins, Francis L. 6500 City of Naples 3100 Rockefeller, Frank 5106 City of Paris 3100 Rogers, Henry H. 12000 City of Rome 2900 Rogers, William A. 10402 Cobb, Ahira * 1400 Roebling, John A. * 7512 Cole, Thos. F. 11922 Roman 3153 Colgate, James B. 3347 Rosedale 2350 Colonel 6000 Roumania 2700 Constitution * 6936 Russell, G. H. 8000 Coralia 5790 Russia 1800 Corey, Wm. E. 10500 Corliss, Geo. H. * 5391 St. Paul 3000 Cornelius, Adam E. 8000 Sacramento 3550 Cornell 7191 Sagamore * 5623 Corona 3148 Sahara 8000 Corsica 3187 Salt Lake City 10230 Cort, Henry 3467 Santiago * 4314 Cowle, J. B. 6700 Saturn 5100 Craig, Geo. L 6000 Saunders, E. N. 6200 Cranage, Thomas 3400 Saxon 3163 Crerar, John 2500 Saxona 7000 Crescent City 6115 Schlesinger, Ferd. 3500 Crete 8176 Schoolcraft 1000 Crete * 3500 Schuck, R. E. 6800 Cuddy, Loftus 10000 Scranton, Walter 6600 Curry, S. S. 4647 Sellwood, Joseph 10000 Cumberland 2500 Senator 6000 Curtis, C. F. 900 Sharples, John 2500 Shaw, Howard L. 7077 Dalton, H. G. 2500 Sheadle, J. H. 11000 Davidson, A. D. 2500 Shenandoah 3550 Davidson, J. E. 9000 Sherwin, John 9500 Davidson, Thos. 3250 Siemens, Sir Wm. 5972 Davock, W. B. 7473 Sill, H. S. 6800 DeGraff, LeGrand S. 12902 Simla 1400 Denver 2000 Sinaloa 7000 Devereaux, J. H. 2600 Smith, Hurlbut W. 6500 Donnacona 3200 Smith, L. C. 6500 Duncan, John 2300 Smith, Lyman B. 6000 Smith, Monroe C. 6000 Eads, James B. * 4976 Smith, Wilbert L. 5600 Eddy, C. A. 2900 Smeaton, John * 7799 Eddy, John F. 2100 Snyder, William P. 10000 Eddy, Selwyn 4300 Socapa 9000 Edenborn, Wm. 7777 Sonoma 7000 Edwards, Wm. 1700 Sonora 4800 Egan, Wiley M. 2550 Spalding, Jesse 2000 Ellwood, Isaac L. 7750 Sparta 1250 Elphicke, C. W. 3000 Spokane 3511 Elphicke, Mary C. 7000 Squire, F. B. 6500 Empire City 6095 Stackhouse, Powell 9908 England, R. W. 5500 Stanton, John 9300 Ericcson, John 5746 Stearn, Abraham 10088 Steel King 6200 Fairbairn, Sir Wm. 5769 Steinbrenner, Henry 7000 Falcon 1133 Stephenson, George 5878 Fassett, Theo. S. * 1000 Stewart, A. E. 6000 Fitch, W. F. 4900 Stone, Amasa 9382 Fitzgerald, R. P. 2300 Stone, Geo. 2800 Fitzgerald, W. E. 6986 Strathcona 3300 Flagg, G. A. 4300 Sullivan, J. J. 10103 Fleetwood 2100 Sultana 4800 Flower, Roswell P. 2500 Superior City 6890 French, G. Watson 5600 Sylvania 9000 Frick, Henry C. 10500 Fritz, John * 7600 Tacoma 2700 Frontenac 3431 Tampa 2900 Fryer, Robert L. 8000 Taylor, Moses 6600 Fulton, Robert 5845 Thomas, Sidney G. 5607 Thompson, A. W. * 4300 Garretson, General 10086 Thompson, Smith 7905 Gary, Elbert H. 10500 Tokio 2400 Gates, John W. 7743 Topeka 2000 Gayley, James 6600 Towar, Chas. Jr. 2700 Georger, F. A. * 1600 Trevor, John B. 3376 German 3241 Truesdale, W. H. 8197 Gilbert, W. H. 3753 Turret Cape 3150 Gilchrist 5600 Turret Chief 3150 Gilchrist, F. W. 6800 Turret Court 3150 Gilchrist, J. C. 6800 Turret Crown 3150 Gladstone 3000 Twin Sisters 1500 Gogebic 2700 Tyrone * 4000 Golden Age * 3000 Goodyear, Frank H. 6600 Uganda 2900 Goulder, Harvey D. 10000 Umbria 6500 Grammer, G. J. 6866 Uranus 5100 Grampian * 1800 Granada * 3100 Vance, Frank L. 2700 Gratwick, Wm. H. No. 2 6600 Van Hise, Chas. R. 7022 Gratwick, Wm. H. 4000 Venezuela 3200 Griffin 2676 Venus 5100 Grover, Maurice B. * 2700 Vermillion 2700 Verona 8227 Hand, C. C. 2700 Veronica 1500 Hanna, L. C. 9300 Victory 6881 Hanna, M. A. 6600 Volunteer 2800 Harlem 3350 Vulcan 2900 Harper, John 3000 Hart, F. W. 6200 Wade, J. H. 2900 Harvard 7225 Waldo, L. C. 5400 Havana 1250 Walker, P. G. 6800 Hawgood, A. H. 10007 Wallace, E. L. 7486 Hawgood, H. B. 6500 Wallace, James C. 9939 Hawgood, W. A. 9545 Wallace, Robert 2500 Hebard, Charles S. 9000 Wallula 2900 Hecker, F. J. 7750 Walsh, James P. 9000 Heffelfinger, F. T. 6814 Warner, Charles M. 5400 Helena 3000 Warner, R. S. 4300 Hemlock 7426 Warriner, S. D. * 4300 Hiawatha 2200 Watson, C. W. 6200 Hill, James J. 7657 Watt, James 6119 Holden, H. S. 6600 Wawatam 2670 Holland, Nelson C. * 1000 Weeks, J. L. 7500 Holley, Alexander * 5660 Wells, F. B. 6793 Holmes, E. F. 7500 Western Star 6800 Hoover & Mason 9000 Weston, Charles 11426 Houghton, Douglas 6817 Whitaker, Byron 2100 Howe, Geo. C. 2500 White, Pendennis 6600 Hoyt, James H. 5682 White, Peter 9246 Huron 3000 Whitney, D. C. 2300 Hutchinson, J. T. 5000 Whitney, D. M. 6700 Widlar, Francis 7000 India 1250 Wiedener, P. A. B. 12000 Ireland, R. L. 5880 Wilkinson, Horace S. 5400 Iron Age 1700 Williams, Geo. F. 3100 Iron Cliff * 2000 Wilpen 11182 Iroquois 2700 Wilson, Capt. Thos. 6637 Iron Queen 2600 Winnebago 1700 Iron King 2300 Wisconsin 6500 Ishpeming 10104 Wolf, Wm. H. 2900 Iroquois (Can.) 3000 Wolvin, A. B. 2930 Italia 3000 Wolvin, Augustus B. 9866 Wood, James B. 9571 Jenks, J. M. 6500 Woodruff, Lewis 6800 Jenkins, Chas. O. 9558 Wright, A. P. 3000 Jenny, W. LeBaron 5722 Joliet 2696 Yale 5000 Jones, B. F. 10000 Yosemite 5500 Jupiter 5100 Yuma 4214 Keefe, J. S. 2500 Zenith City 5528 Kennedy, Hugh 10031 Kerr, D. G. 7639 Kerr, W. B. 12243 Kensington 5500 Kotcher, Chas. W. 7500 Krupp, Alfred * 5487 LaFayette 7234 Lagonda 4800 Lake Shore 5600 Lambert, John 2500 Langham 3000 Lansing 2600 LaSalle 2900 Laughlin, James 10000 Leafield 2200 Leonard, Geo. B. 6000 Lewiston 3000 Linn, Wm. R. 5830 Livingstone 3200 Louisiana 2400 Luzon 5000 Lynch, Thomas 11501 McDougall, Alex. 6678 McGean, John A. 5061 McIntosh, H. P. 10254 McKinney, Price 8488 McLachlan, Mary E. 3000 McWilliams, John J. 4800 Mack, W. H. 5400 Mack, Wm. S. 5200 Madagascar 2600 Madeira * 7538 Magna * 5481 Magnetic * 3000 Maia * 6392 Maida * 6022 Maitland, A. * 5200 Major 3000 Malietoa 7344 Malta * 4021 Manchester 3000 Manda * 5533 Manila * 7625 Manola 3177 Marcia * 4018 Maricopa 5937 Marina 3140 Mariposa 4088 Mariska 3099 Maritana 4053 Mars 5100 Marsala * 7567 Marshall, Albert M. 2500 Martha * 5574 Maruba 3192 Maryland 4000 Masaba 3135 Massachusetts 2000 Mataafa 6860 Matanzas * 4800 Mather, Samuel (large) 10202 Mather, Samuel 3445 Mather, William G. 10525 Matoa 3159 Matthews, W. D. 5000 Maunaloa 6698 Maytham, Thos. 3400 Mecosta 2900 Mercur, Fred 1800 Merida 5100 Merrimac 2000 Michigan 10307 Midland King 6000 Midland Prince 9000 Midland Queen 3000 Millinokett 9617 Miller, P. P. 5400 Mills, D. O. 10826 Mills, Robert 2600 Minch, Anna C. 6200 Minch, Philip 8500 Minneapolis 3000 Mitchell, Alfred 2750 Mitchell, John 7706 Mitchell, Mary B. * 2100 Mitchell, Samuel 3200 Monteagle 1800 Montezuma * 5200 Moore, J. W. 3050 Moravia 2000 Morgan, J. Pierepont 10000 Morley, W. B. 2550 Morrell, Dan'l J. 12126 Morrow, J. S. 7586 Morse, J. C. 10542 Morse, Sam'l F. B. 7155 Mullen, Martin 7000 Murphy, Simon J. 7235 ==========================================================================