GEBHART, A. (1869, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GEBHART, A.
Year of Build:
1869
Official Number:
29504
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Marine City, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
David Lester
Original Owner and Location:
David Lester, Marine City, Michigan
Hull Dimensions
Length:
145.6'
Beam:
29'
Depth:
12'
Tonnage (gross):
354
Tonnage (net):
336
Final Disposition
Final Location:
St. Mary's River, Drummond Island, Lake Huron
Date:
7 Jun 1909
How:
Burned
Final Cargo:
Cedar posts
History
Chronology:

1869 April 27 Enrolled Port Huron; engaged in lumber, stone & grain trades

1870 Towed by J. S. Estabrook with barges F. LESTER & MARINE CITY with 4,000,000 feet lumber total

1870 May 27 Owned Toledo & Saginaw Transportation Company, Toledo, Ohio

1879 Barge 2 short masts

1882 Owned Bay City; 354.03 gross tons

1887 August 24 Owned Charles Brown

1889 Towed by P.H. Birckhead

1890 April 10 Owned James D. Brown; enrolled Port Huron, Michigan

1899 Owned Sarah F. Brown, Bay City, Michigan

1904 Owned John Stephenson, Detroit, Michigan

1909 June 4 Burned Lake Huron; owned Hugh R. Harvey, Detroit, Michigan

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Loudon G. Wilson
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
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