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Other name(s): John Spry; Three Brothers

Ship owner: J. Spry Lumber Co.; J.A. White; W. H. White & Co.

Ship builder: Milwaukee Shipyard Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Engine builder: Frontier Iron Works, Buffalo, New York

Year ship built: 1888

Year engine built: 1888

Final disposition: Stranded south of Manitov Island in Lake Michigan on September 27, 1911.

Remarks:

Names:

b) John Spry (c. 1892)

c) Three Brothers

Owners

1) J. Spry Lumber Co., Chicago, Illinois

2) W. H. White & Co., Boyne City, Michigan

3) J. A. White, Buffalo, New York

Registry number: US. 91998

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Steam barge

Height: 11.8 ft.

Width: 31.4 ft.

Length: 162 ft.

Stroke length: 30

Gross tonnage: 583

Net tonnage: 444

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Steeple compound

Piston 1: 20

Piston 2: 36

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