Edna G
{{Short description|Tugboat}}
{{hatnote|For the shipwrecked fishing vessel, see Edna G. shipwreck (eastern rig dragger).}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Edna G 004.jpg |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States}} |Ship country=United States |Ship name=Edna G |Ship owner=Duluth and Iron Range Railroad |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Cleveland Shipbuilding Company |Ship original cost=$35,397.50 |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship completed= |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=1898–1931, 1933–1981 |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= |Ship fate= |Ship status=National Historic Landmark |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Tugboat |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|92.42|ft|m}} |Ship beam={{convert|23|ft|m}} |Ship height= |Ship draft= |Ship depth={{convert|7.42|ft|m}} |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power=coal-fired steam-engine |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed= |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Edna G | nrhp_type = nrhp | image = | caption = | location = Two Harbors, Minnesota | coordinates = {{coord|47|1|0.84|N|91|40|21.52|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Minnesota | map_width = 300 | area = | architect = Cleveland Ship Building Company{{NRISref|2007a}} | architecture = | added = June 5, 1975{{NRISref|2007a}} | refnum = 75002144{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MN/Lake/State.html |title=National Register of Historic Places |date=2007-10-16 |publisher=National Park Service }} }} |
Edna G is a tugboat which worked the Great Lakes and is now preserved as a museum ship. Edna G was built by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company in 1896 for the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad at a cost $35,397.50. She was named for the daughter of J. L. Greatsinger, president of the railroad.
She has a length of {{Convert|92.42|ft}}, a beam of {{Convert|23|ft}}, a depth of {{Convert|7.42|ft}}, a gross register tonnage of 154 tons, and a net register tonnage of 67 tons.{{Cite journal |title=Museum Tug Edna G. Getting Some Repairs |journal=Tugs Towing & Offshore Newsletter |date=2013-08-18 |volume=14 |issue=47 |pages=4–5 |url=http://newsletter.towingline.com/NewsLetterPage/GetNewsLetter/47!13312/ |format=PDF |access-date=2016-01-13 }}
Home-ported at Two Harbors, Minnesota, Edna G moved ships and barges carrying iron ore and taconite from the Mesabi Range and other smaller sites in the Iron Range region of northeast Minnesota. She spent her entire working career at Two Harbors with the exception of World War I (1917–1919) when she served on the eastern seaboard. She was out of service from 1931 to 1933 due to the depression.
Over the years Edna G was involved in several shipwreck rescues including the surviving crew of the Madeira. Her last tow was the Cason J. Calloway on December 30, 1980. She was the last coal-fired, steam-engine tug in service on the lakes when she was retired in 1981.{{Cite web |title=Water Transportation: Edna G. (tugboat) |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |url=http://nrhp.mnhs.org/property_overview.cfm?PropertyID=5 |access-date=2007-10-16}}
Edna G. is one of the attractions of the Lake County Historical Society in Two Harbors. Following reports of continued weakening of the hull though corrosion and exposure to ice, in January 2017 Two Harbors City Council initiated further studies of the viability of continuing her preservation ashore.{{Cite news |last1=Whitefoot |first1=Adelle |title=Plea made for the Edna G. |url=http://www.lcnewschronicle.com/news/two-harbors/4206669-plea-made-edna-g|access-date=5 February 2017 |work=Lake County News Chronicle |date=27 January 2017 |location=Two Harbors, MN}}{{Cite news |last1=Whitefoot |first1=Adelle |title=Two Harbors Council holds strategic planning meeting to discuss priorities |url=http://www.lcnewschronicle.com/news/two-harbors/4210815-two-harbors-council-holds-strategic-planning-meeting-discuss-priorities |access-date=5 February 2017 |work=Lake County News Chronicle |date=3 February 2017 |location=Two Harbors, MN}}
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External links
- {{Commons-inline|Category:Edna G (tugboat, 1896)|Edna G.}}
- [http://www.lakecountyhistoricalsociety.org/museums/view/edna-g.-tugboat Lake County Historical Society - Edna G. Tugboat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919025117/http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.org/museums/view/edna-g.-tugboat |date=2015-09-19 }}
- {{HAER |survey=MN-26 |id=mn0126 |title=Tugboat Edna G, Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Lake County, MN |photos=21 |data=53}}
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{{Oldest surviving ships (pre-1919)}}
Category:Museums in Lake County, Minnesota
Category:Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Category:Museum ships in Minnesota
Category:Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Minnesota
Category:Tugboats of the United States