ALFRED MITCHELL (MARKER #2)

The tiles on this marker present an illustration of the Great Lakes freighter ALFRED MITCHELL underway with a full load of cargo. The 255-foot ALFRED MITCHELL was the last freighter built in St. Clair’s Langell Shipyard on the Pine River in 1900. Sold to an Alabama owner in 1917, the boat changed registry to Belgium in 1919.

Vessel Data

Vessel Name:             ALFRED MITCHELL

Official Number:       107551

Rig:                             Propeller

Vessel Length:                       255.00 feet

Vessel Width:            39.42 feet

Vessel Depth:            21.00 feet

Gross Tonnage:         1,751.00

Net Tonnage:            1,550,00

Hull Material:            Wood

Builder:                     Langell, Simon           St. Clair, Michigan 1900

Notes:                        First enrollment issued at Port Huron, Michigan, June 30, 1900. Was on the stocks about three (3) years. Sold to J.M. Scott, Mobile, Alabama, October 1917. Name changed to ISLA DE LA REUNION on September 30, 1919; registry changed to: Belgium

Great Lakes Maritime Database, Great Lakes Maritime Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. “Shipbuilding in St. Clair,” Research Binder, Ships File Cabinet, St. Clair Historical Museum and Research Center archives.