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The E.B. HALE was built in 1874 by Thomas & Sons Quayle at Cleveland, OH U.S. The E.B. Hale is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 217 feet, and a width of 34 feet. It displaces 1186 tons, and has a load capacity of 928 tons. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Sprung leak and foundered off Point aux Barques, MI, Lake Huron, on October 8, 1897, with cargo of 1186 tons of steel billets. Crew rescued by propeller NEBRASKA; no lives lost. Final enrollment surrendered at Cleveland, OH, December 31, 1897. The photograph shows the E.B. Hale under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website |