User:GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 5

History
United States
Name	Emily P. Weed (1890 – 1897) Sevona (1897 – 1905)
Owner	Hollister Transportation Company (1890 – 1896) James McBrier (1896 – 1905) Pennsylvania Steamship Company (1905 – 1905)
Port of registry	Cleveland, Ohio
Builder	F.W. Wheeler & Company, West Bay City, Michigan
Yard number	69
Launched	June 7, 1890
Maiden voyage	August 7, 1890
Out of service	September 2, 1905
Identification	US official number 136129
Fate	Sank on Lake Superior
General characteristics
Class and type	Lake freighter
Tonnage	2,362.51 GRT 1,899.65 NRT
Length	300 feet (91.4 m) (1890 – 1905) 372 feet (113.4 m) (1905 – 1905)
Beam	41 feet (12.5 m)
Depth	24.6 feet (7.5 m)
Installed power	Engine: 1 × 1,100 hp (820 kW) 75 rpm triple expansion steam engine Boilers: 3 × 150 pounds per square inch (1,000 kPa) Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion	1 × fixed pitch propeller
National Register of Historic Places data Sevona (Bulk Carrier) Shipwreck Site U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location North of Sand Island Coordinates 47°0′24.6″N 90°54′31.2″W Built 1890 Architect F.W. Wheeler & Company Architectural style Lake freighter MPS Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS NRHP reference No. 93000229 Added to NRHP April 9, 1993

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.