Passenger Steamer Tashmoo

Passenger Steamer Tashmoo
Year: 
1906
Publisher: 
McCrae & Co.
Type(s): 
Postcard
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Postmarked 1906; signed: 6/17/06 Sam - on the front; possibly the man in the photograph?; Sarnia, Ontario; addressed to: Mrs. S. Scruggs; the Tashmoo was launched December 31st, 1899; it was built by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company for Detroit's White Star Line; its regular route was Detroit to Port Huron/Sarnia with several stops including Tashmoo Park; Tashmoo Park was located on Harsen's Island in Lake St. Clair; in June 1936, while delivering passengers from a dance on Sugar Island, the ship hit a submerged rock in the Detroit River and took on water; Captain Donald McAlpine managed to get the passengers safely to shore in Amherstberg, but Tashmoo sank. She was later refloated and scrapped in the same year.
Subject(s): 
Tashmoo (Ship)
Ships
Travel
St. Clair River
White Star Line (Detroit)
Detroit Shipbuilding Company
Docks
Scruggs, Sam
McAlpine, Donald, Captain
Tashmoo Park (Harsens Island)
Lake St. Clair
Place(s): 
Sarnia (Ontario)
Port Huron (Michigan)
Detroit (Michigan)
Harsens Island (Michigan)
Rights: 
Public Domain
Repository: 
University of Windsor. Leddy Library
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