BUCKLEY, WM (1834, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BUCKLEY, WM
Year of Build:
1834
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Point Penninsula, NY
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
112
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Cleveland, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
25 Nov 1854
How:
Sunk.
Final Cargo:
150 tons coal.
Notes:
Veered to avoid collision with steamer MAY QUEEN, struck a pile near the East Pier, sunk about 3/4 mile from the pier.
History
Chronology:

1850, Apr 4 Ashore at Sandytown near Buffalo, NY.

1854 Cuyahoga Customs District; "scow".

1854, Nov 25 Sunk at Cleveland.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
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
(989)356-6188
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