DAYTON (1835, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DAYTON
Year of Build:
1835
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Grand Island, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Builder Name:
Benjamin F. Delano
Original Owner and Location:
Richard & J.P. Sears, Buffalo District, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
69' 2"
Beam:
19' 9"
Depth:
7' 1"
Tonnage (old style):
84 41/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Erie, PA. Lake Erie
Date:
19 Nov 1846
How:
Ashore & wrecked.
History
Chronology:

1835, Sep Launched.

1835, Sep 14 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1838, Aug 2 Owned Charles Bull, Buffalo.

1839 Charted Western Transportation - Great Western Line; ran between New York & Albany, NY.

1839, Jul 5 Owned Henry Bull, New York.

1842, Oct 3 Owned Sheldon Bradley, Buffalo.

1844, Oct 20 Reported capsized & sunk in gale near Dunkirk, NY.

1846, Nov 19 Stranded Erie, PA.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
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

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USA
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