Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-4-65C |
Description |
Black and white photograph of salvage operations on wrecked passenger steamer EASTLAND, partially submerged in the Chicago River. View of starboard side, with men standing on hull and raft alongside. Partial starboard side view of salvage tug FAVORITE on other side of vessel. August 1915. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
08/1915 |
Place |
Chicago, IL |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: EASTLAND Official number: 200031 Other names: WILMETTE (IX-29) (1917-1948) U.S. Navy Build date: 1903 Builder: Jenks Ship Building Company Place of build: Port Huron, MI Dimensions: 265.00 x 38.16 x 19.42 Gross Tonnage: 1961.00 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: Salvaged and rebuilt in 1917 as WILMETTE at Chicago Shipbuilding Company for U.S. Navy as training gunboat (265 x 38.16 x 15.5). Ownership changes: Michigan Steamship Co. (1903-1907) Lake Shore Navigation Co. (1907-1909) Eastland Navigation Co. (1909-1915) St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Co. (1915-1916) U.S. Navy (1916-1948) Other history: Rolled over at dock with Western Electric Co. excursion aboard in Chicago River, 7/24/1915 with loss of 812 lives. Used by Illinois Naval Reserve, out of Chicago, 1917-1946. Disposition: Scrapped at Chicago, IL in 1948. Vessel name: FAVORITE Official number: 203983 Other names: FAVORITE (No. 1385) (1918-1920) FAVORITE (Dept. of Interior) (1920-1940) FAVORITE (IX-45) (1940-1943) FAVORITE (1943-1948) GUARDIAN RIOS (1948-1954) RIOS (1954) Build date: 1907 Builder: Buffalo Dry Dock Company Place of build: Buffalo, NY Dimensions: 180.58 x 43.00 x 20.50 Gross Tonnage: 1223.00 Vessel Rig: Tug Rebuild info: Converted to submarine salvage vessel by Peruvian Navy, 1948. Ownership changes: Great Lakes Towing Co. (1907-1918) U.S. Navy (1918-1920) Dept. of Interior (1920-1940) U.S. Navy (1940-1943) Panama Canal-Mechanical Division (1943-1948) Peruvian Navy (1948) Other history: Worked on the salvage of passenger steamer EASTLAND in 1915. Served off coast of Maine and Brest, France in 1918-1919. Disposition: None available. |
Other number |
Volume B |
Size of original |
3" x 4.5" |
Search Terms |
EASTLAND Steamer Passenger Vessel Shipwreck Tug Chicago River Chicago, IL FAVORITE salvage vessel |
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. |