1. City of Alpena I

2. City of Alpena II
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3. City of Alpena III

4. References

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The SS City of Alpena I was a sidewheel steamer built as the City of Cleveland by the Detroit Dry Dock Co. at Wyandotte in 1880, for the Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Company (D&C)^[1]{{rp|147}} incorporated in 1868.^[1]{{rp|153}} Launched in Jan 1880. Renamed in 1886 as the SS City of Alpena. Later in 1892 renamed again as the State of Ohio. Her sister ship the City of Mackinac was built in 1883.^[1]{{rp|147}}

City of Alpena I

Designed by Frank F. Kirby.^[1]{{rp|156}} Launched sideways; machinery in Jan 1880. Official No.: 125808. When built she incorporated innovations making her capable of 20 miles per hour, at that time making her the fastest boat in America.^[1]{{rp|155}}

Her purpose was to service Mackinac Island as flagship in a new venture. The service was a success and her sister Mackinac would soon joined her in 1883.^[1]{{rp|155}}

When in 1886 Detroit & Cleveland (D&C) built a new improved version of the ship they decided to name it the City of Cleveland the second of that name, so our 'City of Cleveland was renamed City of Alpena I. Some sources say she is the second of the name, however the earlier ship referred to was actually named just Alpena, as testified on her paddlebox.^[1]{{rp|147}}^[1]{{rp|155}} That Alpena was built in 1866, and lost in 1880.^[1]

In 1892 the General Manager Carter proposed selling the Alpena I and her sister the Mackinac to partly fund the building of two new steamers, and so they were sold to the Cleveland & Buffalo company (C&B) for $270,000. The City of Alpena I was renamed State of Ohio, and her sister the City of Mackinac I was renamed State of New York.^[1]{{rp|156}}^[2]

The State of Ohio, destroyed by fire at Cleveland on 20 May 20 1924. The ship burned to a total loss at her dock and one or two crew members reportedly perished. The iron hull rebuilt as a bulk freight barge, sunk at the end of the season in 17 Dec 1929, at Lorain, Ohio.^[15]

City of Alpena II

The money from the sale of the earlier boats was used to buy in two new bottoms from the Detroit Dry Dock and Kirby. They were both delivered in 1893 at a cost of $564,000 and promptly named City of Alpena and City of Mackinac With their coming the line extended the route from Detroit and Toledo.^[1]{{rp|156,157}}^[3]

This new City of Alpena II and her sister were paddlewheel steamboats, operated by the (D&C) Line out of Detroit, and Mackinac Island from 1893 to 1921. serving ports all over Lake Erie. The Alpena II and her sister the City of Mackinac II were {{cvt|285|ft}} long and powered by {{cvt|2000|hp}} steam engines. They carried up to 400 passengers along with cargoes of “package freight”, merchandise and foodstuffs for local communities, linking them to the big cities of Toledo, Detroit and Saginaw, the Alpena was taken off the Coast Line to Mackinac in 1921 when the lumbering industry had shifted to the West Coast and railroads started to connect the towns in the region.^[19]

The (D&C) had been losing money on this their Grand Rapids Short Line, $3000,000 on the Huron division and in 1911 decided to sell the two ships on it. The City of Alpena II and her sister the City of Mackinac II were sold to the G&M to replace the Holland and Puritan for use on the Grand Rapids line.

City of Alpena II was renamed City of Saugatuck, and her sister the City of Mackinac II was renamed City of Holland.

The G&M paid $87,500 each for them.

She later operated on Lake Michigan as the City of Saugatuck, and ended up in the late 1930s as a barge, carrying pulpwood, and later petroleum products. She was sent to a breakers yard in 1957 for scrap.^[19]

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Her engine and paddle wheels were recycled from the USS United States 1847.^[15]

Postage stamp

The ship features on postage stamp set issued for the Centenial of Pan-American Exposition (1 May 1901- 2 November 1901), held in Buffalo, New York, which highlighted advancements of the nineteenth century in industry, transportation, manufacturing, and the arts; the Alpena on the 1 cent stamp, and the SS Saint Paul (1895) on the 10 cent were chosen, as ships for the set.^[23][24]

City of Alpena III

References

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