ELLINWOOD, ELLA (1869, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ELLINWOOD, ELLA
Year of Build:
1869
Official Number:
8604
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
East Saginaw, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Wm. Dixon
Original Owner and Location:
Joseph Heald, Montague, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
106'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (gross):
157
Tonnage (net):
150
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Between Fox Point & Port Washington, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
29 Sep 1901
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Lumber & bark.
Notes:
Lost bearing in smoke from forest fires; went aground & broke up.
History
Chronology:

1869, Oct 14 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1873, Oct 14 Lost jib in collision with tug at Chicago, IL.

1874, Oct Aground White Lake, Lake Michigan.

1877 Owned M. Avery & Co., Chicago.

1879 Owned M. Avery & Co., White Lake, MI.

1880 Owned Thomas Flagestadt, Montague, MI.

1901, Sep 29 Lost on Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
John O. Greenwood
Newspaper Clippings
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:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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