ATLANTA (1890, Schooner-barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ATLANTA
Year of Build:
1890
Official Number:
106746
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner-barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
James Davidson
Original Owner:
C.E. Eastman
Ownership Notes:
1890, Jun 17 Enrolled Port Huron.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
172'
Beam:
34'
Depth:
12.6'
Tonnage (gross):
599
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Sable Bank, 20 miles NW #10 Lifesaving Station, Whitefish Point.
Lake Superior.
Date:
5 May 1891
Final Depth:
150''
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
7 crew, 5 lost.
History
Chronology:

Last owned C.E. Eastman & H.W. Steele, Saginaw & Charles E. Jennison, Bay City.

1891, May 6 Foundered Lake Superior, 7 crew, 5 lost.

2022, Rediscovered 35 miles from Dear Park, MI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
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:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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