Steel King

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Title: Steel King
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Date: 1917
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Publisher: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Description: The STEEL KING was built in 1902 by American Ship Building Co. at Lorain, OH U.S. The Steel King is a steel hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 380 feet, and a width of 50 feet. It displaces 4308 tons, and has a load capacity of 3366 tons. It entered service in the year 1902 under the ownership of Gilchrist Transportation Co. of Cleveland, OH U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Scrapped by Boston Metals Co. at Buffalo, NY, 1954-1955. The photograph shows the Steel King 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. 1902 -- 1954
Type: 3 x 6 Black & White Print
Language: Language Not Specified
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/1619

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