Kunkle Brothers Towing Constitution

From glass plate

 

Kunkle Brothers was built 1890 by John P. Devney, Ashtabula Harbor.

 

Sacramento on port side, Castalia on starboard side.

 

Constitution

1897-1966

Steel Great Lakes bulk freight barge

Built at West Superior WI by American Steel BargeCo., Hull 140. Launched April 21, 1897

379’6” LOA, 366’ LBP, 44’ beam, 26’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’

Enrolled at Marquette MI April 21, 1897 (Temp 23)

379.0 x 44.1 x 22.2, 3231.30 GT, 2997.76 NT US 127175 to:

Interlake Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Ashtabula OH)

Entered service 1897

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH April 24, 1897 (#124)

Lengthened 72’ 1905 at Superior WI by Superior Ship Building Co.

Remeasured to 451.8 x 44.2 x 22.3, 3862 GT, 3629 NT

Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold Dec 30, 1922 to Pringle Barge Line Co., Cleveland OH

Converted 1926 to self unloader at Cleveland OH by Interlake Engineering Co.

Remeasured to 451.7 x 44.2 x 22.3, 3832 GT, 3623 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Fleet transferred 1958 into parent Oglebay Norton Co., Cleveland OH

Sold for scrap 1966 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Scrapped at Port Colborne 1968

 

Sacramento

1895- 1939

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by James Davidson, Hull 69

Launched July 24, 1895

320’ LOA, 308’ LBP, 43’ beam, 22’6” depth

2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI July 30, 1895 (#8)

308.2 x 42.6 x 21.2, 2380.88 GT, 1903.33 NT US 116682 to: James Davidson, West Bay City MI

Entered service 1895

Transferred 1899 to Davidson Steamship Co., Duluth MN, G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Idle for many years at the shipyard, partially sunk and unfit for use. Abandoned 1939 at Bay City MI

 

--Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry

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