ADAMS, GEORGE (1875, Schooner)

Year of Build:

1875

Official Number:

85393

Built at:

Toledo, OH

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

2

Builder Name:

Bailey Bros.

Original Owner and Location:

Bailey Bros., Toledo, OH

Number of Masts:

4

Length:

231.4'

Beam:

40.3'

Depth:

20'

Tonnage (gross):

1443

Tonnage (net):

1371

Capacity:

80,000 bushels

Final Location:

Colchester Reef, ONT
Lake Erie

Date:

10 Dec 1895

Final Depth:

25''

How:

Holed by ice, sunk.

Final Cargo:

Coal

Notes:

Her hull was crushed by ice in tow of steamer CALEDONIA.

Cost $80,000, largest vessel on the lakes when constructed.

1875-85 Towed by WM. T. Graves.

1875, Aug 28 Aground Chicago River; released.

1875, Oct 7 Struck obstruction & caused leak at Peche Island, Detroit River; got off.

Date Unknown Chartered Ohio Cenral Barge & Coal Co.

1878, Sep 28 Aground Turtle Light, Lake Erie; got off.

1879, Aug 15 Aground St. Mary's River & struck by steamer GRAVEs; got off.

1882 Rebuilt; no detail.

1885, Oct 31 Ashore in snow squall, North Manitou Island, MI, Lake Michigan.

1886 - 1895 Towed by KASOTA & AURORA.

1887 Owned James Corrigan.

1887, Sep Damaged in gale on Lake Superior; repaired.

1891, Oct 10 Collided with & sunk steamer SUSAN E. PECK, St. Mary's River, Lake George.

1895, Dec 11 Sunk by ice off Colchester, ONT, Lkae Erie.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

C. Patrick Labadie

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Donald V. Baut

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy