FLYING DUTCHMAN (1845, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FLYING DUTCHMAN
Year of Build:
1845
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Fairport, OH
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Joel R. Norton
Original Owner and Location:
William S. Hill & Godfrey E. Green, Fairport, OH.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
80' 9"
Beam:
19' 2"
Depth:
5' 4"
Tonnage (old style):
74 74/95
History
Chronology:

1845, Aug 2 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1847, Mar 24 Owned Henry Williams & Phineas C. Wilcox, Painesville, OH.

1848 Traded Sandusky & Buffalo, lumber & general cargo.

1849 Enrolled Cuyahoga District.

1851, Sep 25 Aground Buffalo, Lake Erie.

1851, Nov 4 Ashore & abandoned, Long Point, ONT, Lake Erie.

1854 Owned Vannerman, Port Rowan, ONT.

1856, Sep Wrecked at Dunkirk, NY.

1862 Owned Moses Overholt, Bridgeport, ONT; rebuilt by Richard Gilbert, Jordan, ONT; 65.3 x 18.2 x 5.7, 59 tons.

1866 Owned Wm. Rankin et al, Port Dalhousie, ONT.

1874 Owned M. Morrison, Niagara, ONT.

1878 Owned Jessie Butler, Toronto, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Sessional Papers
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
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Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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