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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-11-21, Page 11GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1984—PAGE 11 l Whaleback Steamer Atikoken unloading grain at Goderich Atikoken has embarrassing accidents during its service BY SKIP GILLHAM ' 1 recently came across an old photo of the whaleback steadier Atikoken unloading grain at Goderich and.I thought it would be of interest to area residents. Many readers will remember later whale.backs coming to port. These included the barges Alexander Holley and the No. 137 as well asthe popular John Ericsson. The whalebacks were products of the in- • ventive genius of Captain Alexander McDougall. Some were barges while others were bulk carriers.' One, the Christopher Columbus, was a passenger vessel. Atikoken was launched May 1, 1895, by the American Steel Barge Company of West Superior, Wisconsin. Named John B. Trevor at the time, she entered service by the end of May and worked at the, transportation of ore and coal. Her early years were spent in the service of me tunerican ateei barge Lompany anci then she joined the Bessemer Steamship Co. in 1900. This firm was one of many to par- ticipate in the formation of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company in 1901 with the establishment of United States Steel. On, October 13, 1909, the Trevor stranded on Isle Royale during a mid-October snowstorm. The winds whipped at 65 miles per hour and the ship was abandoned safely. This was not the first embarrassing acci- dent to hit this ship nor the last. On August 10, 1899, she was rammed and sunk by the barge she was towing on the St. Clair River. Later, on August 17, 1913, she went aground at Marine City, Michigan, and damaged some buildings. She went a considerable distance up the bank before coming to an abrupt stop. In 1910 the John B. Trevor was salvaged from Isle Royale and a year later was rebuilt by the Western Drydock Co. at Port Arthur. ttenamed Atikoken, bile returned to service in the Canadian grain trade: This brought her to Goderich and thanks is ex- tended to Mrs. E; Lounsbery and Ron Davis for providing this vintage photo by Shaw. Atikoken passed from the Canadian' Nor- thwest Steamship Co. in 1917 to the Montreal Transportation Co. In 1920 she joined Canada Steamship Lines. She worked for this latter firm on the St. Lawrence and Canadian east coast much of the time and was sold to the Dominion Iron and Steel Company in 1925. They kept her in similar wort The veteran freighter lasted another decade and was cut up for scrap at Halifax in 1935. Statistically, Atikoken was 362 feet long (110.34 metres) and was registered at 2,004 gross tons. She hauled over 3,100 tons per trip. An 1,100 horsepower triple expansion engine served her entire career. 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