At this point, it might be useful to discuss the difference in appearance between whaleback steamers and barges. They look very similar. They both have exhaust stacks as both have steam engines. The engines in the
Where Built Duluth, MN
W. Superior, WI
W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI Everett, WA
W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI
Home port Buffalo, NY
Buffalo, NY ,
Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Duluth, MN Duluth, MN
Cleveland, OH Chicago, IL
Pt. Townsend, WA Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Duluth, MN Buffalo, NY
NEWPORT NEWS, VA; CIRCA 1911
In this picture of the whaleback steamer Bayportat the C&O coal dock at Newport News, Virginia (above), we have a much broader view of the C&O coal dock with the stern of the whaleback steamer shown clearly. From this perspective, taken from the C&O’s terminal elevator, the photo shows that the coal dock was actually two structures with the dock master’s office straddling the space between the two trestles. This shot also offers us a more complete view of the four-master taking coal adjacent to the whalebacks. Another view of the Bayportshows it from the stern with a consort barge docked ahead of it (be- low). Bayport’shome port is shown as Searsport, Maine, in this ca. 1911 view.
Where built Duluth, MN Duluth, MN Duluth, MN
Duluth, MN Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY Duluth, MN Superior, WI Superior, WI Superior, WI
W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI W. Superior, WI Superior, WI
Home port New York
Duluth, MN Duluth, MN
Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY
Cleveland, OH Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Duluth, MN
NEWPORT NEWS, VA; CIRCA 1911
barge, obviously, are not for propulsion. The steam engines in the barges are to power dynamos which, in turn, power the steering mechanism and the ves- sels running and operating lights. Smaller engines mean smaller stacks on the barges. This difference can be seen clearly in the postcard illustra- tions for this article.
The success of the whaleback design soon made clear the inadequacy of the Duluth facility.
Accordingly, a new
shipyard for ASBC was constructed on land ceded to the company by the Northern Steamship Company in West
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN Superior, Wisconsin. All operations
were transferred to the new yard dur- ing the spring of 1891. The new yard had five double slips and the largest dry dock on the Great Lakes. The first whaleback launched from West Superi- or was the steamship Joseph L. Colby.8 The company built 50 vessels of all
types–including a whaleback steamer in Everett, Washington, and two more in Brooklyn, New York. Another vessel was built in England and involved the unau- thorized use of some of Captain Mc- Dougall’s 40 whaleback patents. Clearly, the theft of intellectual property is not
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