Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-14-22 |
Description |
Black and white clipping with a photograph and description of bulk carrier FRED G. HARTWELL. Starboard bow view of the vessel underway near dock. |
Object Name |
Clipping |
Date |
1908-1917 |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: FRED G. HARTWELL Official number: 6223.00 Other names: HARRY W. CROFT (1917-1969) Build date: 1908 Builder: Toledo Shipbuilding Co. Place of build: Toledo, OH Dimensions: 514.00 x 58.00 x 25.50 Gross Tonnage: 6223.00 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: Repowered in 1954 (6379 gross - 4976 net). Ownership changes: Mutual Steamship Co. (1908-1915) Headwaters Steamship Co. (1915-1929) Youngstown Steamship Co. (1929-1930) Interlake Steamship Co. (1930-1966) Pickands Mather and Co. (1966-1969) Sea-Land Services, Inc. (1969-1969) U.S. Maritime Commission (1969-1969) Oxford Shipping Co. (1969-1969) Other history: Was reportedly transferred to Bomar Shipping Lines, Ltd., North Shore Shipping Lines, Ltd., Mgrs., Montreal, P.Q., and renamed PRINCE LABRADOR in 1966, but deal failed to materialize. Was sold as "trade-in-tonnage" to U.S. Martime Commission, for $95,000, in 1969. Disposition: Passed down Port Colborne, August 9, 1969, in tow of German tugs FAIRPLAY NO. 10 and FAIRPLAY NO. 12. Arrived in tow with PHILIP MINCH, behind Polish tug JANTAR, at Santandar, Spain, on September 27, 1969, for scrapping. |
Other number |
Volume T |
Size of original |
6" x 8.75" |
Search Terms |
Bulk carrier bulk freighter HARTWELL, FRED G. |
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. |