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English: John J. Lee Photo # 179

Photo # 180 here: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/115892967@N03/14775298966">www.flickr.com/photos/115892967@N03/14775298966</a>

Fabian Build Year 1894 Official Number US120969 Construction Build City Buffalo Build State NY Vessel Type Tug (Towboat) Number of Decks 1 Hull Materials Wood Hull Number 73 Builder Name Union Dry Dock Co. Propulsion Type Screw Power (Mechanical) Engine Type High Pressure (including HPNC) Dimensions Length 70.7' Beam 19.4' Depth 9.4' Tonnage Gross 71 Tonnage Net 35 Final Disposition Final Date Year 1914 Final How Abandoned. Final Notes 1914, Jun 25 Enrollment surrendered Buffalo. History 1894, Oct 11 Enrolled Buffalo, NY. 1899 Owned Maytham Tug Line, Buffalo. 1914 Abandoned.


Joshua W. Rhodes 1906 - 1961

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 345 Launched Aug 11, 1906

440’ LOA, 420’ LBP, 52’ beam, 28’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1470 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Aug 29, 1906 420.0 x 52.0 x 28.0, 4871 GT, 3586 NT US 203273 to: Valley Transit Co., Cleveland OH, W. H. Becker, Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service 1906

Fleet renamed Valley Steamship Co. 1908

Fleet renamed Becker Steamship Co., Aug 4, 1922

Renamed Frank Seither (2) 1923

Fleet sold 1930 to Midland Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Fleet reincorporated Nov 1931 in Delaware as Midland Steamship Line (home port to Wilmington DE)

Renamed Hazen Butler 1933

Sold 1946 to Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., Detroit MI (home port to Detroit MI), fitted to carry automobiles and renamed J. P. Wells.

Sold 1951 to Ecorse Transit Co., Detroit MI, Nicholson Transit Co., Mgr.

Transferred 1958 to Nicholson Transit Co., Detroit MI

Sold for scrap 1961 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Resold to Italian shipbreakers. Arrived under tow at LaSpezia Italy Aug11, 1962

-Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry
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John J. Lee  (1882–1971)  wikidata:Q110896024
 
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Date of birth/death 4 January 1882 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1971 Edit this at Wikidata
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Camera location41° 54′ 02.62″ N, 80° 47′ 52.51″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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