TURNER & KELLER (1873, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TURNER & KELLER
Also known as:
FALMOUTH
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
24984
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Manitowoc, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Hanson & Scove
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
234
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Harbor mouth, Buffalo, New York, Lake Erie
Date:
21 Nov 1880
How:
Wrecked
Final Cargo:
16,000 bushels wheat
Notes:
Bound Toledo, Ohio for Oswego, New York, driven ashore on breakwater & sank attempting to enter harbor in storm; one life lost
History
Chronology:

1876 Owned Lawrence, et.al., Oswego, New York

1879 Owned Thomas Martin, et.al., Oswego, New York

1880, May Collision with schooner NARRAGANSETT off Port Washington,

Wisconsin

1880, November 21 Foundered, Lake Erie

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

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USA
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