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 (Photo date: Aug. 10, 1894) |
According to http://www.duluthport.com, Dungeness was constructed at Sparrows Point, Maryland and delivered on June 12, 1894 as Andrew Carnegie's private yacht. (Elsewhere it says that it was owned by Carnegie's sister-in-law, Lucy - Yachting's Golden Age - Ed Holm). In 1925 it was converted to the fish boat, Winyah.
The 1897-1900 editions of the Record of American and Foreign Shipping recorded Dungeness as a 120' steel-hulled steam yacht hailing from Pittsburg, built 1894 at Sparrow Point, MD. Owner: Mrs. L. C. Carnegie.
Dungeness was one of the featured vessels in the book Yachting's Golden Age: 1880-1905 by Ed Holm, referring to it as "the 119-foot Dungeness, owned by Lucy Carnegie, sister-in-law of Andrew. "
The 143-ton steam yacht was built by Maryland Steel at Sparrows Point, MD. The original owner was listed as Mrs. L. C. Carnegie. It was delivered on June 12, 1894.
http://www.duluthport.com/pride/lap.html notes:
"Exemplifying the utter demise of the Gilded Age was the dramatic transformation of the luxurious yacht Winyah in 1925 from one of the most lavish vessels of its class to a fish boat. Winyah had been constructed at Sparrows Point, Maryland, in 1894 as Andrew Carnegie’s private yacht Dungeness, and her owner spared no expense to make her one of the showiest such vessels in North America. She cost Carnegie $490,000, the equivalent of a software fortune in the 21st century. She was 115 feet long, with two tall schooner-rigged masts, a “rakish” oversized smokestack and a clipper bow.
"Sail & Sweep yachting magazine described the ship in October 1902: “The cabin and all interior woodwork is finished in white enamel, striped and decorated artistically with gold. The upholstery is red plush throughout, offering a striking contrast to the enamel finish. A handsome mahogany sideboard forms part of the main cabin. Forward is a mahogany deckhouse beautifully fitted…as a dining room (with) a large double mahogany staircase leading to the main cabin below…”
[... see http://www.duluthport.com/pride/lap.html for much more omitted here... ]
"Dungeness was purchased from the Carnegies in 1898 by lumberman Frank W. Fletcher of Alpena, Michigan, and brought into the Great Lakes under her new name, Winyah. She became flagship of the fashionable Tawas Beach Yachting Association’s Lake Huron fleet and took Fletcher’s family, business associates and guests on tours of Georgian Bay’s picturesque islands for the next 20 years, all the time serving as something of an icon for eastern Michigan’s wealthy lumber barons. After World War I, however, the days of icons for America’s rich had come to an end. Fletcher sold his beautiful Winyah to Martin, Alex and Otto Christiansen of Duluth in 1925."