SOUTH AMERICA (1841, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SOUTH AMERICA
Year of Build:
1841
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Vermillion, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Burton Goodsell
Original Owner and Location:
Alva Bradley and Ahira Cobb, Vermillion, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
100
Final Disposition
Final Location:
between Buffalo, NY & Toledo, OH
Lake Erie
Date:
Oct 1843
How:
disappeared in storm
Final Cargo:
salt
Notes:
Left Buffalo-Toledo, OH; ship and crew of six were never seen again
History
Chronology:

1842, Nov Took passengers off new steam boat CURTIS PECK when she blew a sheet off the leg of her boiler.

1843, Oct 14 Disappeared.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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