Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-11-3 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of steamers STARUCCA (1 stack) and ROCHESTER (2 stacks) at dock in Chicago, Illinois harbor in winter. Tugs at dock in foreground in 1884. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
Winter 1884 |
Place |
Chicago, IL |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: STARUCCA Official number: 115381 Other names: None available Build date: 1875 Builder: Union Dry Dock Company Place of build: Buffalo, NY Dimensions: 218.3 x 34.4 x 13.5 Gross Tonnage: 1313.09 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: None available Ownership changes: None available Other history: None available Disposition: Stranded in snowstorm, 11/15/1888, about 10 miles east of Grand Marais, MI, Lake Superior. Abandoned as wrecked. Vessel name: ROCHESTER Official number: 110438 Other names: SYDNEY C. MCLOUTH (1906-1912) Build date: 1880 Builder: Union Dry Dock Company Place of build: Buffalo, NY Dimensions: 266.8 x 40.0 x 16.0 Gross Tonnage: 2220.05 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: None available Ownership changes: Union Steamboat Co. (1880-1903) Union Transit Co. (1903-1906) Sydney C. McLouth (1906-1912) Other history: None available Disposition: Burned 8 miles NE of Pensaukee, WI, on Green Bay on 6/27/1912. No lives lost. |
Other number |
Volume J |
Size of original |
8" x 10" |
Search Terms |
harbor MAUMEE VALLEY STARUCCA ROCHESTER winter Chicago, IL Steamer schooner Tug Package freighter |
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. |