Messenger

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Title:	Messenger
Alternative Title:	No Alternative Title
Author:	Unknown
Series Title:	No Series
Date:	1875/01
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Publisher:	Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Description:	The MESSENGER was built in 1866 by Peck & Masters at Cleveland, OH U.S. The Messenger is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 150 feet, and a width of 25 feet. It displaces 444 tons, and has a load capacity of 341 tons. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Caught fire at Rogers City, MI, and drifted out into Lake Huron. Last seen burning about five miles into lake, c.November 10, 1890. Final enrollment surrendered at Detroit, MI, October 29, 1891, and endorsed "vessel lost." The photograph shows the Messenger at Lake Michigan. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website
Subject:	ships -- great lakes -- n. america; ships -- great lakes -- Ohio
Coverage Spatial:	Lake Michigan
Coverage Temporal:	ca. 1866 -- 1890
Type:	Unknown Type
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Persistent URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/1826

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