CITY OF MANITOWOC (1872, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CITY OF MANITOWOC
Year of Build:
1872
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Manitowoc, WI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
H.B. Burger
Master Carpenter:
J. Richards
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
311
History
Chronology:

1876 Owned Higgie & Glass, Racine, WI; made trip to Scotland with cargo of deals "dimension timber" & spruce lumber; return cargo to Montreal was coal.

1877 Apr Made another trip to Leith, Scotland with cargo of deals; remained there idle for winter; return cargo of 500 tons coal for Montreal.

1879 Owned Higgie & Glass, Racine, WI.

1879, Mar 31 Documents surrendered at Milwaukee, endorsed "sold foreign".

1880 Not listed in US Merchant Vessels.

1883 Owned Pankratz, Manitowoc (?)

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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