WING & WING (1845, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WING & WING
Year of Build:
1845
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Sanford & Moses
Original Owner and Location:
L.O. Matthew, Buffalo, New York
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
106'
Beam:
24'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
216.88
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Michigan City, Indiana, Lake Michigan
Date:
4 Dec 1854
How:
Wrecked
Notes:
Ashore in blizzard
History
Chronology:

1845, March 27 Launched

1848 Enrolled Buffalo, New York; ran Cleveland to Buffalo with grain &

sundries

1848, September 13 Owned W.O. Brown

1848, October Dismasted Lake Michigan; towed to Mackinaw by REPUBLIC;

two lives lost

1849 Buffalo Creek District & Cuyahoga District

1854, December 4 Owned Richmond & Company, Detroit, Michigan; wrecked,

Lake Michigan

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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
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