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 Northern Wave (right)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Northern Wave |
| Owner | Northern Steamship Co. 1889-1903
Mutual Transit Co. 1903-1916 Great Lakes Transit Co. 1916-1917 U.S. Shipping Board 1917-1920 West Indies Navigation Co. 1920-1922 Gulf Export Co. 1922-1926 |
| Builder | Globe Iron Works |
| Launched | 1889 |
| Identification | Hull number: 00022 Official number: 130437 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamer |
| Tonnage | Gross: 2476, Net: 1885 |
| Length | 299.42 |
| Depth | 24.5 |
| Installed power | Steam generator: 2 × Scottish boilers |
The Northern Wave was an American large steel steamer built by Globe Iron Works[1] and used in the Great Lakes. The Northern Wave was launched in 1889 and scrapped in 1926.[2] It was one of eight steamships owned by the Northern Steamship Company of Buffalo.[3]
In 1891 the ship had a gross earnings of $106,000.[4]
From 1891 to 1896 the Chief Engineer was a Canadian named Frederick Potts.[5]
In 1919 the radio stations onboard were controlled by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co.[6]
The ship was also involved in a 1924 lawsuit, where the court decided that a lack of investigation is not prejudicial if such investigation would have have been useless.[7]
The ship was finally sold to Italian shipbreakers in 1925 and scrapped the next year in Genoa, Italy. [8]
Ownership
[edit]The Northern Steamship Company was created in 1888 by Jerome Hill, who was also in the railroad business.[9] The Northern Wave was later owned by the Mutual Transit Co. as of 1907 under the Captain D. L. Cartwright.[10] After the Mutual Transit Co., the Northern Wave was owned by the Great Lakes Transit Corporation in 1916.[11] The U.S. Shipping Board is listed as the owner from 1917 to 1920.[12]
Design
[edit]The Northern Wave was similarly made to 5 of the other ships owned by the company. It was a steel freight ship weighing 2,500 tons. James Croil of Montreal in 1989 described these ships as "perhaps the finest fleet of steamers on the Great Lakes."[3] The Northern Wave had two Scotch Boilers.[13]
Rescue of the M.M. Drake
[edit]In 1901 the Northern Wave, along with another steamer the Crescent City, rescued crews from the M.M. Drake and schooner-barge Michigan, which the Drake was towing. There was only one casualty.[14] While rescuing the crews the Northern Wave did collide with the Drake, but suffered no damages.[15]
Portage Bridge Collision
[edit]In 1905 the Northern Wave collided with the Portage Bridge, requiring the center swinging section of the bridge to be replaced.[16]
Rebuild
[edit]In 1917 the ship was moved to the Atlantic Coast and rebuilt, to a new tonnage of 2599 gross tons and 1526 net tons. This was due to World War 1, when the U.S. Shipping Company moved ships from the Great Lakes for use in the war effort. [8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Globe Iron Works, AmShip Cleveland". navalmarinearchive.com. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Northern Wave - Great Lakes Vessel HistoryGreat Lakes Vessel History". www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ a b Croil, James. "Steam Navigation and Its Relation to the Commerce of Canada and the United States". gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ Echo Soundings, Marine News of 1892 (PDF). Marsh Collection Society. 2000.
- ^ "Marine Biographies Letter P History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 2 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers". www.linkstothepast.com. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Radio Service Bulletin" (PDF). 1919.
- ^ M., L. A. (1925). "Admiralty: The Effect of the Supreme Court's Interpretation of the Lien Act of 1910". Michigan Law Review. 23 (5): 512–516. doi:10.2307/1279160. ISSN 0026-2234. JSTOR 1279160.
- ^ a b "NORTHERN WAVE - Historical Collections of the Great Lakes - BGSU University Libraries". greatlakes.bgsu.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ "Great Northern Railway: Map, Logo, Rosters, History". American-Rails.com. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Marine Vessels Navigating the Great Lakes in 1905". www.linkstothepast.com. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Albert Gieseler -- Schiffsdampfmaschine". www.albert-gieseler.de. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Search Results - Historical Collections of the Great Lakes - BGSU University Libraries". greatlakes.bgsu.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ Green, Fred W. "Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1916, p. 261". images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ Jodie (2021-10-25). "Shipwreck Society Discovers Three Shipwrecks Near Grand Marais, MI". Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "M. M. Drake (Propeller), U91485, sunk, 2 Oct 1901". images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ Hyde, Charles K. (1993). Historic highway bridges of Michigan. Internet Archive. Detroit : Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2448-6.
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