COMMENCEMENT (1853, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
COMMENCEMENT
Year of Build:
1853
Official Number:
4346
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Holland, MI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Evert Evers
Original Owner:
A. Plugger or W.A. Phieffer
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
75'
Beam:
19'
Depth:
7'
Tonnage (old style):
87
Final Disposition
Final Location:
20 miles off Little Sable Point.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
25 Sep 1869
How:
Leaking, capsized.
Final Cargo:
Wood, telegraph poles on deck.
Notes:
Later washed ashore, total wreck.
History
Chronology:

1863 Owned Lambert, Holland, MI.

1865 Readmeasured 72 gross tons.

1868 Enrolled at Chicago, IL.

1869, Sep 26 Foundered, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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