UNION (1857, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
UNION
Year of Build:
1857
Official Number:
25026
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Holland, MI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
T. H. Revell
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
82' 2"
Beam:
22' 5"
Depth:
7' 5"
Tonnage (old style):
126
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Milwaukee Piers, WI
Lake Michigan
Date:
Mar 1871
How:
sunk
Notes:
holed, sunk; wreck salvaged
History
Chronology:

1860 Owned Marsh & Plugger, Holland, MI.

1860, Jun 17 Owned Henry Moss, Chicago, IL

1861, Nov Ashore Presque Isle, Lake Huron; released, repaired, Presque Isle.

1861, Dec On rocks off Presque Isle, Lake Huron; released by tug LEVIATHAN; repaired, Detroit.

1864, May 11 Ashore Milwaukee, WI, Lake Michigan

1865 97.71 gross tons

1866 Owned W. F. Porter, Chicago

1868, Dec Capsized off Sheboygan, WI, Lake Michigan; repaired

1871 Owned Chicago parties

1871, Mar Holed, sunk

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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