TWO FANNIES (1862, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TWO FANNIES
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
24144
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Peshtigo, WI
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Thomas & George Spears
Original Owner and Location:
Peshtigo Co., Chicago, IL
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
149.6'
Beam:
33.3'
Depth:
12.4'
Tonnage (old style):
563 81/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
14 miles off Cleveland, OH (or Bay Village, OH).
Lake Erie.
Date:
18 Aug 1890
How:
Foundered in northwest gale.
Final Cargo:
iron ore.
History
Chronology:

1865, Oct 11 Owned Mary Eldred, Chicago, IL; readmeasured, 152.9 x 33.5 x 12.32', 492.24 gross tons.

1871 Schooner.

1874, Mar 24 Owned Samuel Moore, Chicago.

1875 Ran on reef near Kewanee.

1876 Large repairs, new ceiling, floor, keelson, 2 new keel boxes, frames repaired.

1879, Nov 22 Ashore in gale, Elk Rapids, MI.

1879, Nov 28 Painting finished of TWO FANNIES under full sail, artist, James Lynn.

1880, Aug 6 Owned Claas H. Meyer et al, Chicago.

1880, Oct 9 Owned Claas H. Meyer, Chicago.

1881, May 25 Owned Alfred Miller et al, Kenosha, WI.

1890, Aug 10 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:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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