Horace A. Tuttle

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Title: Horace A. Tuttle
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Publisher: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Description: The HORACE A. TUTTLE was built in 1887 by Cleveland Dry Dock Co. at Cleveland, OH U.S. The Horace A. Tuttle is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 250 feet, and a width of 38 feet. It displaces 1585 tons, and has a load capacity of 1354 tons. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: After losing rudder in making shelter at Michigan City, IN, October 26, 1898, vessel struck west breakwall, and stranded at mouth of harbor, becoming a total loss after breaking in two. Vessel was bound from Chicago for Buffalo with 176,000 bushels grain; no lives lost. The photograph shows the Horace A. Tuttle under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website
Subject: ships -- great lakes -- n. america;
ships -- great lakes -- Ohio
Coverage Spatial: Great Lakes
Coverage Temporal: ca. 1887 -- 1898
Type: 4 x 6 Black & White Print
Language: Language Not Specified
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/1006

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