POTTER, AGNES L. (1870, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
POTTER, AGNES L.
Year of Build:
1870
Official Number:
1926
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Clair, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Simon Langell
Original Owner and Location:
T.C. Ira Owen, et al, St. Clair, MI
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
133.8'
Beam:
27.4'
Depth:
9.4'
Tonnage (gross):
279.16
Tonnage (net):
265.21
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Cleveland, OH,
Lake Erie.
Date:
28 Aug 1906
How:
Driven ashore in storm & burned.
Notes:
Broke from steamer RHODA STEWART; crew escaped.
History
Chronology:

1870, Jul Launched; chartered for iron ore trade, Milwaukee to Chicago, in tow of ST. CLAIR.

1871, Feb Owned Escanaba & Lake Michigan Transportation Co., St. Clair, MI.

1877 New decks.

1879, Apr Owned Inter Ocean Transportation Co., overhauled.

1891 Lake Superior lumber trade.

1893-1900 Towed regularly by CHAS. RIETZ.

1894, Sep Grounded Grand Haven, MI.

1899, Feb Owned P.G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co., Manistee, MI; purchased from Nesson & Dovel.

1904 Owned Rose Hutfard (?), Buffalo, NY.

1906, Aug 28 Wrecked; owned L.P. Smith, Cleveland, OH.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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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