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Vessel Detail Information for: Ira H. Owen (1887)
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General Information
Vessel Name: Ira H. Owen (1887)
Registry #: 100410
Casualty: 11/29/1905, foundered
Vessel Type: steam screw
Built: 1887, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, OH
Owners: Owen T. Co.
Home Port: Chicago, IL
Cargo: 116,000 bushels of barley
Lives Lost: 19
Length: 262 ft
Beam: 39 ft
Depth of Hold: 19 ft
Hull: steel
Gross Tonnage: 1753
Propulsion: steam screw
Body of Water: Lake Superior
County: Iron

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