VERONA (1873, Schooner-barge)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Schooner-barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Quayle & Martin
Original Owner and Location:: Cleveland Transportation Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Toledo, Ohio, Lake Erie
Date:: 2 Sep 1904
How:: Fire
Notes:: Burned to total loss, boat was on dock of Mitchell & Rowland Lumber Yard, lifted by flood of a spring freshet

History

Chronology:

1873 Built to be towed by steambarge VIENNA in Lake Superior to

Cleveland ore trade

1877 Sunk at Grand Island, Lake Superior in collision with barge

SUMATRA; raised & repaired

1890, July 18 Sunk in collision with propeller CAMBRIA off Ashtabula;

raised & repaired

1890 Owned J.C. Gilchrist, Cleveland

1891 Towed by propeller CUMBERLAND in lumber trade

1892 Towed by propeller COLUMBIA in lumber trade

1893 Towed by propeller VIKING in lumber trade