BIRMINGHAM (1843, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BIRMINGHAM
Year of Build:
1843
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Vermillion, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
138
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Horseshoe Reef, Buffalo Harbor.
Lake Erie.
Date:
4 Dec 1854
How:
Stranded in snowstorm.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
Bound Erie, PA-Buffalo, NY, driven onto reef opposite lighthouse.
History
Chronology:

1847-49 Enrolled Sandusky, OH.

1850-1854 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1851 Apr 8 Ashore during storm Port Burwell, Lake Erie.

1854 Dec 4 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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