AGATE (1850, Sloop)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AGATE
Year of Build:
1850
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Sloop
Note: Figurehead, no gallery
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Benjamin Bidwell
Original Owner and Location:
Robert A. Richardson, Detroit, MI
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
40'
Beam:
13'
Depth:
5'
Tonnage (old style):
22 5/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Presque Isle Point, MI
Lake Huron.
Date:
27 Nov 1857
How:
Driven ashore in storm.
Final Cargo:
Wheat & flour
Notes:
Went ashore, broke up in storm.
History
Chronology:

1851, Apr 17 First enrolled Detroit, MI.

1851, Nov Ashore, Misery Bay, MI, Lake Superior; abandoned to insurers.

1853 Samuel F. Leopold, Mackinac; same as master.

1855 Henry F. Todd, Mackinac; same.

1857, Nov 27 Stranded in storm, Presque Isle Point, MI, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
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
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