CORWIN, TOM (1840, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CORWIN, TOM
Also known as:
MARSILLIOT A. E.
Year of Build:
1840
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black River, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
William Jones
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
101 43/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Pt. Bruce, 7 miles below Pt. Stanley, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:
20 Sep 1860
How:
Capsized in storm.
Notes:
Bound Cleveland, OH - Pt. Burwell, ONT to be repaired; 2 lost.
History
Chronology:

1840, May 20 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1843, May 4 Owned N.B. Gates, Black River, OH & Lyman Cate, Erie Co., OH; rebuilt by Joseph McKeating, lengthened 19' x 20' x 8'.

1847, Nov 3 Ashore Fairport, OH with oats.

1848 Ran Sandusky - Buffalo.

1854 Enrolled Sandusky, OH.

1854, May 9 Struck peir & sank in Cleveland Harbor, OH.

1855, Apr 7 Owned D.P. Nickerson & E.W. Roby, Cleveland.

1856, Apr 14 Rebuilt & renamed A.E. MARSILLIOT; owned Leonard Marsilliot, Euclid, OH & Michael Dart, Cleveland, OH.

1858, Oct Sold at US Marshal's sale to M. G. Marsilliot.

1859, Fall Damaged by fire in Grand River, Holland, MI; hull purchased by Johnson & Tisdale, Chicago, IL.

1860, May 12 Towed to Chicago by tug D. P. RHODES.

c1860, Sep 20 Wrecked; owned Capt. Burger.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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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