In 1910, the “Brandon” was built by the Detroit Ship Building Co. of Wyandotte, Michigan. The steel propeller vessel was built for Rutland Transit Co., of Ogdensburg, New York. First enrollment took place in Detroit on May 25, 1910, and Rutland Transit Co. owned her until 1915. Ownership then transferred to the New England Coal & Coke Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. They owned her until 1922 when she was sold to Rutland-Lake Michigan Transit Co. (D. Sullivan & Co., Mgrs.) of Chicago, Illinois. In 1929, while under their ownership, she underwent reconstruction. In 1931, ownership was transferred to the Gargland Steamship Co. (D. Sullivan & Co., Mgrs.), also of Chicago. She was removed from documentation in 1943, and scrapped in Chicago in 1948