Amasa Stone At Ashtabula Harbor
John J. Lee photo # 350
Photo circa 1915
Amasa Stone
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Hull 158
(An early announcement stated that this vessel would be named Samuel Mather for a co-founder of the managing company. Instead she was named for Mather’s father-in-law and the next vessel built for the fleet, in 1906, was named Samuel Mather.)
Launched March 25, 1905
545’ LOA, 525’ LBP, 55’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI May 1, 1905 (Temp #65)
525.0 x 55.2 x 31.0, 6282 GT, 4930 NT US 201937 to:
Mesaba Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)
Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH May 8, 1905 (#75)
Entered service May 1905
Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co.
Home port to Wilmington DE 1932
Repowered 1952 with Skinner Unaflow engine
Sold for scrap 1964 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Filled with stone and sunk spring 1965 with str. Charles S. Hebard as part of dock at Charlevoix MI for Medusa Portland Cement Co.
Amasa Stone (April 27, 1818 in Charlton, MA – May 11, 1883) was an American industrialist who built railroads and invested in mills in Ohio. He was a major benefactor of Western Reserve College, which became part of Case Western Reserve University in 1967. Amasa Stone Chapel was built after his death in his memory. The building named after his son, Adelbert Hall, is still the home of the university administration.
Stone committed suicide by gunshot following financial setbacks in 1883. Stone's suicide may also have been due in part to his role in the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster. He was one of the designers of the faulty bridge and was found to be partly at fault for the bridge's collapse.
In 1905 Mesaba Steamship Company launched a Great Lakes bulk freighter named in honor of Amasa Stone, managed by Pickands Mather, eventually sailing under the Interlake Steamship banner. She sailed until 1960. Since 1965 the hull of the Amasa Stone has served as a breakwater for the St. Mary's Cement shipping terminal in Charlevoix, Michigan along with the hull of the Charles S. Hebard.
Amasa Stone At Ashtabula Harbor
John J. Lee photo # 350
Photo circa 1915
Amasa Stone
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Hull 158
(An early announcement stated that this vessel would be named Samuel Mather for a co-founder of the managing company. Instead she was named for Mather’s father-in-law and the next vessel built for the fleet, in 1906, was named Samuel Mather.)
Launched March 25, 1905
545’ LOA, 525’ LBP, 55’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI May 1, 1905 (Temp #65)
525.0 x 55.2 x 31.0, 6282 GT, 4930 NT US 201937 to:
Mesaba Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)
Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH May 8, 1905 (#75)
Entered service May 1905
Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co.
Home port to Wilmington DE 1932
Repowered 1952 with Skinner Unaflow engine
Sold for scrap 1964 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Filled with stone and sunk spring 1965 with str. Charles S. Hebard as part of dock at Charlevoix MI for Medusa Portland Cement Co.
Amasa Stone (April 27, 1818 in Charlton, MA – May 11, 1883) was an American industrialist who built railroads and invested in mills in Ohio. He was a major benefactor of Western Reserve College, which became part of Case Western Reserve University in 1967. Amasa Stone Chapel was built after his death in his memory. The building named after his son, Adelbert Hall, is still the home of the university administration.
Stone committed suicide by gunshot following financial setbacks in 1883. Stone's suicide may also have been due in part to his role in the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster. He was one of the designers of the faulty bridge and was found to be partly at fault for the bridge's collapse.
In 1905 Mesaba Steamship Company launched a Great Lakes bulk freighter named in honor of Amasa Stone, managed by Pickands Mather, eventually sailing under the Interlake Steamship banner. She sailed until 1960. Since 1965 the hull of the Amasa Stone has served as a breakwater for the St. Mary's Cement shipping terminal in Charlevoix, Michigan along with the hull of the Charles S. Hebard.