EMPIRE STATE (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EMPIRE STATE
Year of Build:
1853
Official Number:
7816
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milan, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Fore & aft.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
E. Bates
Original Owner:
Oscar H. Hastings
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
136.5'
Beam:
25' 8"
Depth:
12' 7"
Tonnage (old style):
257
Final Disposition
Final Location:
North Point Reef.
Lake Huron.
Date:
8 Nov 1877
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Iron ore.
Notes:
Bound Marquette, MI for cleveland, OH; ashore Thunder Bay during storm.
History
Chronology:

1853, May 25 Enrolled Oswego, NY.

1862, May 27 Hastings, Gilbert Mollison, & Tracy Corrwell; 411 61/95 tons; rebuilt St. Catharines, ONT by Louis Schickluna.

1865, Apr 17 317.81 tons.

1868 US7816; Oswego, NY owners.

1869, Mar 30 Owned John D. Bothwell, Cleveland, OH.

1870 New deck.

1871 Owned J.D. Bothwell, Cleveland, OH.

1874 Rebuilt from bark to schooner at Hitchcock's yard, Saginaw, MI.

1877, Nov 8 Wrecked Lake Huron.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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