EBENEZER (1863, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EBENEZER
Year of Build:
1863
Official Number:
7518
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Green Bay, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Sorenson
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
119.67
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Mud Bay near Bailey's Harbor, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
16 Oct 1880
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Driven ashore in gale & wrecked.
History
Chronology:

Underwriters says built 1863; US Merchant Vessels says 1866.

1866 Owned Goodenow & Hitchcock, Kewanee, WI; 165 tons.

1868 Manitowoc District.

1869, Apr Damaged in collision at Grand Haven, MI.

1871 Owned William Horn, Manitowoc, WI.

1876 Owned Harden & Hafer, Chicago, IL.

1879 Owned John Saveland, Milwaukee, WI.

1880, Oct 16 Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
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
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