WESTERN TRADER (1836, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WESTERN TRADER
Year of Build:
1836
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Conneaut, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
W. Treat
Original Owner and Location:
Aber Fox, et.al., Mouton, Ohio
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
58' 9"
Beam:
18'
Depth:
5' 10"
Tonnage (old style):
53.03
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Above Buffalo, New York, Lake Erie
Date:
22 Nov 1845
How:
Wrecked
Final Cargo:
Flour & provisions
Notes:
Wrecked in a gale
History
Chronology:

1836, June 24 Enrolled Cleveland, Ohio

1836, December 30 Frozen in ice at Ashtabula, Ohio

1837, August Capsized in squall, Cleveland area

1838, August 27 Owned William Treat, Euclid, Ohio & H.A. Sharp,

Willoughby, Ohio; 53.05 tons

1838, September Carried potatoes to Chicago, Illinois

1839, April Ashore 6 miles from Chicago

1840, July 31 Owned David Allen, Washington P. Beebe & William Treat,

Ohio

1842, May 2 Owned John McHany, John O'Connor & William Treat, Buffalo,

New York

1842, November 15 Aground at Grand River (Fairport), Lake Erie;

released

1845, November 22 Wrecked above Buffalo

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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