ARGO (1868, Barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ARGO
Year of Build:
1868
Official Number:
29297
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Barge
Note: St. Lawrence river barge.
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George H. Notter
Hull Dimensions
Length:
107'
Beam:
24'
Tonnage (gross):
168.91
Tonnage (net):
160
Final Disposition
Final Location:
North of Manistee, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
Apr 1907
How:
Wrecked
Notes:
Broke up on beach; documents surrendered 1914.
History
Chronology:

1868 Enrolled Ogdensburg, NY.

1871 Owned Hall & Gardner, Odgensburg, NY.

1875 Repaired.

1876 Owned Gardner & Sons, Ogdensburg, NY.

1879 Owned Seymour & Co; Ogdensburg, NY.

1907, Apr. Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Lorne Joyce
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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