Tom Brown


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Tom Brown US No. 24893
Year
Built
Last
Year
Built At
Type
Length
Beam
Draft
Gross
Tons
Net
Tons
1870
1910
Chicago, IL
Tug
65.00
14.00
8.00
37.81
18.00

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.