BELL, JANE (1862, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BELL, JANE
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
12782
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Campbell & Owen
Original Owner and Location:
J.L. Hurd & Co., Detroit, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
141'
Beam:
28.4'
Depth:
12.4'
Tonnage (old style):
447
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Geneva, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
7 Sep 1880
How:
Wrecked in storm.
Notes:
Driven ashore by storm bound Escanaba, MI to Ashtabula, OH, laden with ore. Crew abandoned next day, 2 drowned.
History
Chronology:

1862 Owned Duncan Stewart, Detroit, MI.

1863 Owned J.L. Hurd & Co., Detroit, MI.

1864-1876 Owned P.J. Ralph, Detroit, MI.

1865 Readmeasured 374 gross tons.

1865 "Ran in 28 days from Buffalo to Chicago & back thence to Marquette & back to Detroit - a remarkable record."

1876, Oct Ashore on reef at Pilot Island, WI laden with iron ore.

1876 Rebuilt.

1879 Owned Grummond, Detroit, MI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Burton Collection
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Quayle, Detroit and St. Clair River Towing Association
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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