Pure Oil Co. No. 10 - (1923-1929)

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The unpowered barge "Pure Oil Co. No. 10", was built in 1910, as "131", as seen here, by American Steel Barge Company,

for the American Steel Barge Company, Buffalo, NY, as a "Whale Back" ship.

Construction and Ownership

Built at: Superior, WI

Vessel Type: Barge

Note: whaleback; first whaleback to carry lumber

Hull Materials: Steel

Number of Decks: 1

Hull Number: 131

Builder Name: American Steel Barge Company

Original Owner and Location: American Steel Barge Company, Buffalo, NY

History :

1901 Owned Pittsburgh Steam Ship Company

1904, Jul 4 Collision with propeller JAMES B. COLGATE, Ashland, WI

1905, Oct 16 Collision with barge ED MCWILLIAMS off Sweets Point, Lake Superior

19?? Owned Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, MI

1911 Owned Harper Transportation Company, Boston, MA; renamed SALEM

1915 Renamed FREEPORT SULPHUR NO. 4; listed as tanker

1923 Owned New York Pure Oil Steam Ship Company; renamed PURE OIL NO. 10

1929 Owned Sabine Towing Company, TX; renamed PURE NULUBE

1946 Scrapped at Huston, TX.

Dimensions :

Length: 292'

Beam: 36'

Depth: 22'

Tonnage (gross): 1,310

Tonnage (net): 1,265

"James B. Colgate", seen here ca. 1905-1905, at Duluth, MN.

Oil Barge "Pure Oil No. 10", seen here around 1929.