USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: City of Grand Rapids OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 33935 DATE OF LOSS: 1903 REASON: Abandoned for age & condition LOCATION: Milwaukee, WI RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2 masts HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Duncan Robertson Shipyard, Grand Haven, 1873 OWNER(S): City of Milwaukee MASTER: - TONNAGE: 225 gt DIMENSIONS: 121 x 26 x 9 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: - 1903 - Purchased by the city of Milwaukee for $600 for use in "garbage disposal" and abandoned the same year. ======================================================================== Sources: Greenwood "Namesakes 1900 - 1909" Beeson's Inland Marine Guide - 1891, 1892 Blue Book of American Shipping, 1897 Comptroller's Report, City of Milwaukee, 1903 Great Lakes Maritime Database, University of Michigan Last updated 27 September 2014