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Description:
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The ST. ALBANS was built in 1868 by Elihu M. Peck at Cleveland, OH U.S. The St. Albans is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 135 feet, and a width of 25 feet. It displaces 435 tons. It entered service in the year 1868 under the ownership of Northern Transportation Co. of Ogdensburg, NY U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Sunk by ice seventeen miles northeast of Milwaukee, WI, Lake Michigan, on January 30, 1881. No lives lost. The photograph shows the St. Albans under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website |