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Tom Brown US No. 24893
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Year
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Last
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Built At
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Type
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Length
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Beam
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Draft
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Gross
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Net
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1870
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1910
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Chicago, IL
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Tug
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65.00
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14.00
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8.00
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37.81
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18.00
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Chicago Tribune, June 16, 1870
NEW TUG.
The Thos. Brown is the name of a finely constructed tug that was launched, yesterday afternoon, from the yard of Doolittle & Bates, in the South Branch. The following figures show her dimensions:
Length, over all, 67 feet; Length of Keel, 65 feet; Breadth of Beam, 14 feet 6 inches; Depth of Hold, 8 feet; Tonnage, 45 tons new style; and cost, $12,000. She has a double engine, with 15-inch stroke and 15-inch bore. Her boiler is 13 feet in length, and 5 feet 6 inches shell. She is the property of Messrs. Harmon, Prindiville & Browne, of Chicago.
In 1871 the tug’s builder was listed as “J. Grager” and as “J. G. Granger”, which are very likely phonetic spellings of “Gregory”.
According to the April 1914 edition of Directory of Names, Pennant Numbers and Addresses of all Members of the Ship Masters Association of the Great Lakes, this tug was owned by William Harman of Chicago and abandoned in 1910.
History
1876 Owned Prindiville et al, Chicago, IL.
1879 Owned Brown et al, Chicago.
1881 Owned John Sullivan, et al.
1888 Reboilered, 5’9″ x 12’6″ firebox boiler from National Boiler Works, Chicago.
1899 Owned Joseph E. Everett, Chicago.
1900 Feb Holed & sunk by ice 1/2 mile off Chicago; raised & repaired.
1903 Owned William Harmon, Chicago.
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