CALKINS, BERTIE (1874, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CALKINS, BERTIE
Year of Build:
1874
Official Number:
2915
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Two Rivers, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Hanson & Scove
Original Owner and Location:
Peter Hanson, et al, Two Rivers, WI.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
134'
Beam:
28'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (gross):
256
Tonnage (net):
243
Final Disposition
Date:
1930
How:
Abandoned.
Notes:
Abandoned around 1930. Last registered 1931.
History
Chronology:

1877 Owned Goodman, et al, Chicago.

1888, Nov 3 Broke from tow in Chicago River, crashed into Randolph Street Bridge.

c1909 C126127; owned J.S. McQueen, Belleville, ONT.

1919, Oct 3 Foundered in storm near Belleville, Quinte Bay, Lake Ontario; later recovered.

1931 Last registered, reported abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Newspaper Clippings
Lorne Joyce
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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