| Date Built: 1875 | Builders: Bower & Cash, St. Clair, MI |
| Construction: Wooden propeller, passenger & package freight | Owners: Captain James O’Connor of Tonawanda |
| Dimensions: 146 x 30 x 12 403t. |
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Condition: Badly broken, propeller, shaft, boiler and hull |
Location: 2/3 mile off shore south of the city marina. Originally identified as the BRICKHEAD | Depth: 12' |
Date of Loss: June 26, 1905 |
GPS: N45 03.077 W83 26.043 |
Type of Loss: Fire | Loss of Life: None |
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Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES! |
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On September 30, 1905 the newly rebuilt, P. H. Brickhead caught fire while at dock in Alpena. She was cut loose to drift free and burn at a safe distance from the Warf's along the Thunder Bay River. She usually carried cargo's of lumber or coal and managed, earlier in the year, to tow 6 barges with a total of 2,860,000 feet of lumber from Saginaw to Detroit.
