The Adam E. Cornelius, (later the Sea Barge One and the Sarah Spencer), is a former lake freighter built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1959.[1][2] She was the third vessel to be named the after one of the co-founders of the American Steamship Company, after the second Adam E. Cornelius had been sold and renamed the Consumers Power.[3]
The third Adam E. Cornelius was sold to Keybulk Transportation in 1973, in its turn, and a fourth vessel took up the Adam E. Cornelius name.[4] After her sale she bore the name Sea Barge One, and was converted to an unpowered barge. After a second sale, in 1989, she was renamed the Captain Edward V. Smith. In 1991 she was renamed again, the Sarah Spencer.
Her conversion to a barge included removing the vessel's original engines, and cutting a large notch in her stern. As a barge the vessel used two different barge-tug coupling systems.[2] Initially she was pushed by the Atlantic Hickory. In 1999 her notch was converted to the Bark River Articulated Tug Barge Coupling System. The tug Jane Ann IV has large pins which mate into sockets in the Sarah Spencer's notch. The Sarah Spencer was listed as for sale as scrap in 2005.
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edit- ^ "M/V Adam E. Cornelius". American Steamship Company. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
The M/V Adam E. Cornelius is powered by two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines. The vessel uses a conveyor system below its cargo holds to transport cargo to an inclined conveyor system that elevates the cargo to the deck-mounted boom conveyor. For maneuvering in port, the vessel is equipped with 1,000 HP bow and stern thrusters.
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Brian Wroblewski. "Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature -- Sarah Spencer/ Jane Ann IV". boatnerd. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
The barge Sarah Spencer started its Great Lakes career as the powered steamer Adam E. Cornelius. It was built at Manitowoc, Wisconsin as hull #424 in 1959 and was named for one of the two founding members of American Steamship who had recently died in 1953. It was similar in appearance to AmShip's other steamers McKee Sons and Sharon but the Cornelius was a one off design.
- ^ "Historical Perspectives - Consumers Power". www.boatnerd.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ George Wharton. "Adam E. Cornelius -- (Roger M. Kyes 1973 - 1989)". boatnerd. Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2015-01-01.