CLARK, ALVIN (1846 - 47, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CLARK, ALVIN
Year of Build:
1846 - 47
Official Number:
3985
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Truago (Trenton), MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Sometimes called brigantine.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Original Owner and Location:
John Pearson Clark, Detroit, MI.
Ownership Notes:
Detroit fisherman, businessman & ship builder.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
105' 8"
Beam:
24' 4"
Depth:
9' 4"
Tonnage (old style):
218
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Landfill in Menominee, WI.
Lake Michiagn.
Date:
May 1994
How:
Demolished by contractor.
History
Chronology:

Built to carry salt from Buffalo & Oswego, NY; carrying preserved fish down lake.

1850 Sold to G.W. Bissell of Detroit.

1856, Mar Owned William Higgie, Racine, WI.

1861 Large repairs.

1864, Jun 29 Bound for Oconoto, WI to load lumber for Chicago, "knocked down" in squall & sunk off Chambers Island in Green Bay; 3 lost, 2 saved.

1967, Nov Discovered by Frank Hoffman, diver.

1969, Jul 29 Raised by Frank Hoffman & Harold Derusha of Marinette, WI; berthed at Menominee, MI.

1970, Jun Operated as tourist attraction.

1994, May Demolished.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Loudon G. Wilson
Donald V. Baut
Inland Seas, Great Lakes Historical Society
Emerson H. Knack
C. Patrick Labadie
Milwaukee Public Library
Newspaper Clippings
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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