ALTA (1884, Schooner)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:: Schooner; Note: $40,000 cost to build iron arches & diagonal straps.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: F.W. Wheeler
Master Carpenter:: Thomas F. Murphy, Cleveland, OH
Original Owner and Location:: Bewick Transportation Co., Detroit, MI
Ownership Notes:: Charles Bewick.

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: East side of Grand Island shoal off Point of Trout Bay 500' from shore.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 19 Oct 1905
How:: Driven ashore.
Final Cargo:: Lumber from Duluth.
Notes:: Crew of six men & one woman rescued by small boats from Grand Island. Winter storms broke her up.

History

Chronology:

For iron ore trade consort to steamer ALCONA.

1888 Owned McVittie (et al), Detroit, MI.

1890 Owned Bewick (et al), Detroit, MI.

1891 Bewick Transportation Co., Detroit, MI.

1892 Jerome B. Zerbe, Cleveland, OH.

1894 Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Co., Cleveland, OH.

1895 Bewick, Detroit, MI.

1896 Zerbe, Cleveland, OH.

1899 Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Co., Rockport, OH.

1900 Drake, Bartow & Co., Cleveland, OH.

1902 Alta Transit Co., Mentor, OH,(Recaulked centerboard casing).

1904 J.H. Bartow, Cleveland, OH.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory; Newspaper Clippings; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; David Swayze Shipwreck Database; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Contact

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