CERRO GORDO (1847, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CERRO GORDO
Year of Build:
1847
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Painesville, OH
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
81'
Beam:
20'
Depth:
4'
Tonnage (old style):
58 10/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Lakeport, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
18 Aug 1858
How:
Capsized.
Final Cargo:
Telegraph poles.
Notes:
Sprung leak in severe gale, capsized & driven ashore. Crew safe.
History
Chronology:

1847, Oct 1 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1849, May 5 Owned R.W. Skinner, Painesville, OH.

1852 Enrolled Sandusky.

1854, Apr 21 Owned Simeon Burk, Detroit, MI.

1856, Jun 27 Owned Moses Stone, Detroit.

1857, Mar 19 Owned Andrew Bates, Detroit.

1858 Capsized, Lake Huron.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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