EXPRESS (1828, Sloop)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EXPRESS
Year of Build:
1828
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Evans, NY
Vessel Type:
Sloop
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
William Willard
Original Owner and Location:
William Willard, Evans, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
41' 6"
Beam:
14' 9"
Depth:
4' 9"
Tonnage (old style):
24 09/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Dunkirk, NY.
Lake Erie.
Date:
28 Sep 1835
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Bound for Buffalo, NY, struck breakwater while trying to enter Dunkirk harbor, sunk & pounded to pieces over the next few days.
History
Chronology:

1828, May 1 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1830, Oct 8 Owned Lester P. Clark, Monroe Co., MI.

1831, Jul 5 Owned John F. Wight, Erie, PA; rebuilt.

1831 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1831 Enrolled Presque Isle, MI; 28 old tons.

1835, Sep 28 Wrecked at Dunkirk, NY; Lake Erie.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
C. Patrick Labadie
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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