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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection

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Alabama.
Original Name:Alabama.
Owner:Goodrich Transportation Co., 1910-1933, United States, Illinois, Chicago
Chris-Car-Ala Corp., United States, Illinois, Chicago
Kirby Lines, United States, Michigan, Detroit
Paxton Mendelsohn, United States, Michigan, Detroit
Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co., United States
Builder:Manitowoc Ship Building Co., 1910, United States, Wisconsin, Manitowoc
Engine Builder:Toledo Ship Building Co., 1906, United States, Ohio, Toledo
Year Built:1910
Year Engine Built:1906
Final Disposition:Partially scrapped, 1961, Holland, Mich. Reduced to a barge, operated for a time out of Bay City, Michigan.
Notes:Inactive from 1946 to 1962, Holland, Mich. Laid up, Holland, Mich. Engines removed, circa 1962.
Registry Number:US. 207138
Hull Number:36
Vessel Type:Passenger and freight, propellor
Length:250 ft.
Width:45 ft.
Height:26 ft.
Gross Tonnage:2626 t.
Net Tonnage:1684 t.
Materials:Steel
Engine Type:Triple expansion
Piston #1:23 in.
Piston #2:38 in.
Piston #3:62 in.
Stroke Length:36 in.

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