ARROW (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ARROW
Year of Build:
1853
Official Number:
548
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
W.E. Judd
Original Owner:
L. Barber
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
73
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Two Rivers, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
6 May 1883
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Aground May 6, 1883, stripped & abandoned. Weather prevented recovery, filled with sand & broke apart.
History
Chronology:

1853-1865 Enrolled Chicago.

1853, Jun Owned Capt. Edward Kelley, $3,500.00.

1853 Lenghtened, 72.04 tons.

1853 Owned Benjamin Smith, Grand River $3,800.00.

1854, Apr 27 Driven against Chicago breakwall; loss of 3 lives.

1860 Owned Daniels, Chicago.

1863 Owned James Scott, Chicago.

1865 Remeasured 69 gross tons, enrolled Detroit.

1866-1868 Enrolled Grand Haven, MI.

1873 Owned J. Keith, Holland, MI.

1876 Owned A. Wilson, Holland, MI.

1879 Owned A. Wilson, Chicago.

1883, May 6 Wrecked, Two Rivers Point, WI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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