BACON, MELVIN S. (1874, Schooner-barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BACON, MELVIN S.
Year of Build:
1874
Official Number:
90657
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Vermilion, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner-barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Peter S. Crosier
Original Owner and Location:
F. Pelton, et al, Cleveland, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
182'
Beam:
33'
Depth:
14.5'
Tonnage (gross):
614
Tonnage (net):
584
Final Disposition
Date:
1929
How:
Dismantled.
History
Chronology:

1874, cAug 12 Launched.

1874, Aug 19 First enrolled Sandusky, OH.

1875 Refastened.

1876 Owned F. Pelton et al, Vermilion, OH.

1886-1906 Towed as barge.

1898-1902 Used on Atlantic Coast in coal trades.

1905, Sep 24 Ashore Ashland, WI, burned, total loss; recovered & returned to service.

1915, Nov 16 Rammed & sunk by steamer JOSEPH SELLWOOD in Detroit River; recovered, owned W. Chapman, Cleveland, OH.

1919, Feb 24 U. S. enrollments surrendered Cleveland, OH; "sold alien".

1919 Sold to Canadian owners, C140964, 185.58 x 33.33 x 14; 757 gross/ 714 net tons.

1929 Dismantled.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Lorne Joyce
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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