PAUGASSETT (1847, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PAUGASSETT
Year of Build:
1847
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ohio City (Cleveland), OH
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Sanford & Moses
Master Carpenter:
Luther Moses
Original Owner and Location:
John M. Woolsey et al, Cleveland, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
140' 4"
Beam:
22' 4.5"
Depth:
9' 9"
Tonnage (old style):
323 45/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Dunkirk, NY.
Lake Erie.
Date:
23 Aug 1856
How:
Burned.
Notes:
Caught fire at dock; cut loose & burned to waters edge near breakwater.
History
Chronology:

1847, Mar 26 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1847, May 1 Owned Robert Hart et al, Black Rock, NY; 290 63/95 tons.

1848, May 22 Disabled off Conneaut, OH; towed to Cleveland by ST. LOUIS.

1851, Apr 26 Collision in Lake Erie with schooner RUSH who filled & capsized.

1852, Jul 31 Owned Heber Squires et al, Dunkirk, NY.

1853, Aug 16 Owned Alanson Robinson & John Woolsey, Buffalo.

1854, Apr 30 Ashore mouth Grand River, Fairport; repaired Cleveland.

1854, Nov 18 Sprang leak near Erie, PA; repaired; bound Cleveland to Dunkirk.

1854, Dec Sank at slip Cleveland; damaged while rescuing crew of schooner OMAR.

1856, Aug 23 Burned at dock; owned New York & Erie Railroad Co.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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