History
The Chester A. Congdon (Official Number 204526) was constructed in 1907 by the Chicago Ship Building Co. of South Chicago Illinois under the name Salt Lake City for Holmes Steamship Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The ship was 532 feet long, having a 56 foot beam and 26 foot draft, with a gross tonnage of 6530 tons and a net tonnage of 4843 tons. The ship was powered by a 1,765HP triple expansion steam engine with two Scotch boilers.
In 1911, the Salt Lake City was sold to the Acme Transit Company of Ohio. In early 1912, the ship was purchased by the Continental Steamship Company and renamed the Chester A. Congdon, after the Duluth, Minnesota lawyer and industrialist Chester Adgate Congdon. The ship's record was largely uneventful, but it was grounded twice, once in 1912 and once in 1915.
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