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The A. EVERETT was built in 1880 by William R. Radcliffe at Cleveland, OH U.S. The A. Everett is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 211 feet, and a width of 34 feet. It displaces 1088 tons, and has a load capacity of 879 tons. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Cut by ice and sunk about twenty miles above Point Aux Barques, MI, Lake Huron, on April 30, 1895; crew rescued by propeller EBER WARD. Vessel was bound from Chicgao, IL, for Buffalo, NY, with 48,000 bushels corn at time of loss. The photograph shows the A. Everett under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website |