ELIZABETH (1866, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ELIZABETH
Year of Build:
1866
Official Number:
36201
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Swan Creek, MI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. Miller
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
51'
Beam:
16.3'
Depth:
4'
Tonnage (gross):
23.47
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Detour, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
1882
How:
Ashore.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
Ashore in gale. 1883, Dec 15 Enrollment surrendered "wrecked". This may be referring instead to the GEORGE H. ELY, which wrecked at Detour, 10/12/1882, with coal.
History
Chronology:

1866, Aug 31 Enrolled Detroit, MI; owned J. Meaunie, Swan Creek, MI.

1867, Sep 2 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1868, Sep 1 Owned Joseph Boyer, Swan Creek.

1872 Stranded Georgian Bay, Lake Huron; recovered.

1882 Ashore.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Loudon G. Wilson
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
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
(989)356-6188
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