FILER, GRACE M. (1874, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FILER, GRACE M.
Year of Build:
1874
Official Number:
85312
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
William W. Bates & Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Halvor Michelson, Chicago, IL.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
128.75'
Beam:
27.42'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (gross):
237.07
Tonnage (net):
225.22
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Belleville, ONT. Bay of Quinte. Lake Ontario
Date:
1937
How:
Dynamited.
Notes:
Hull blown up.
History
Chronology:

1974, Mar 16 Damaged while being launched.

1874, Apr 11 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1883, Oct 19 Driven ashore Cedar River, Green Bay, cargo lumber for Chicago.

1901, Nov 7 Aground Escanaba, MI, Lake Michigan.

1913, Sep 29 Owned Joe Fagen, Belleville, ONT; C11968; 125' x 27.34' x 9', 238.13 / 214.77 ton.

1930, Aug 25 Francis A. Smith, part owner; vessel dismantled & hull partly distroyed.

1937 Hull dynamited, Belleville.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
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USA
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