FORBES, CHRISTINA A. (1878, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FORBES, CHRISTINA A.
Year of Build:
1878
Official Number:
125649
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
West Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
F.W. Wheeler
Original Owner and Location:
Wm. Forbes, Port Huron, MI.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
73.6'
Beam:
15'
Depth:
5'
Tonnage (gross):
51.48
Tonnage (net):
41.82
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Bay City, MI.
Saginaw River.
Date:
7 Sep 1895
How:
Fire.
Notes:
Caught fire & burned to waters edge.
History
Chronology:

1878, Mar Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1891, Mar 3 Owned Frank A. Smith, Port Huron.

1892, Feb 4 Owned Michael Maher, Port Huron.

1895, Sep 7 Burned, Saginaw River.

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
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
(989)356-6188
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