Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-8-146B |
Description |
Black and white photograph of bulk freighter MATAAFA. Port side view of the vessel in distress after wrecking on the pier in Duluth, Minnesota on November 27, 1905. Seas are rough and a large wave crashes over her hull. Nine lives were lost during this accident. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
11/27/1905 |
Place |
Duluth, MN |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: PENNSYLVANIA Official number: 150810 Other names: MATAAFA (1900-1965) Build date: 1899 Builder: Cleveland Ship Building Company Place of build: Lorain, OH Dimensions: 429.50 x 50.00 x 25.00 Gross Tonnage: 4840.00 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: Reconstructed, 1926 (429.5 x 50 x 24.66; 4319 gross tons). Rebuilt as double-deck auto carrier, 1946, by Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co., River Rouge, MI (429.5 x 50 x 14.5; 4775 gross tons). Ownership changes: Minnesota Steamship Co. (1899-1901) Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (1901-1946) Ecorse Transit Co. (Nicholson Transit Co.) (1946-1958) T.J. McCarthy Steamship Co. (1958-1961) Ranahan-McCarthy Marine Terminal, Inc. (1961-1964) Other history: Stranded on Knife Island, Lake Superior, in fog, 6/2/1902. Struck Duluth piers while trying to make harbor entrance, 11/28/1905. Swung to north of pier and stranded 700 feet from shore. Broke in half and nine men froze to death in after end. Disposition: Sold to Marine Salvage, Ltd., Port Colborne, Ont., and towed from Buffalo to Port Colborne by tug LAURENCE C. TURNER, 10/23/1964. Resold to Eisen & Metall A.G., Hamburg, Germany, and arrived at Hamburg under tow on 7/19/1965, for scrapping. |
Other number |
Volume G |
Size of original |
8" x 10" |
Search Terms |
Bulk carrier bulk freighter wreck MATAAFA |
Credit line |
Carus Collection Donated by Henry N. Barkhausen |
Provenance |
Materials in this collection were collected and compiled by Great Lakes ship captain Edward Carus of Manitowoc over a period of more than 50 years. Captain Carus began his career on the Great Lakes sailing on schooners and spent many years as a captain for the Goodrich Line before retiring. During his career, he researched and recorded the maritime heritage of the areas where he sailed, particularly the western shore of Lake Michigan. Captain Carus worked for ten years with Edwin Schuette, also from Manitowoc, and Mr. Schuette also contributed to the collection. In 1937, Captain Carus had fallen on hard times, his wife was bedridden and they were in need of money. Although Captain Carus desired his extensive collection to stay in Manitowoc, neither the City of Manitowoc nor Mr. Schuette was willing to purchase it at the time. Instead, Henry N. Barkhausen purchased it and kept it in his personal collection for more than 40 years before donating it to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in 1981, returning it to Manitowoc. Edwin Schuette passed his portion of the collection to his son, Henry Schuette, who then donated his portion to the museum in 1981 as well. |