FREE MASON (1854, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FREE MASON
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Green Bay, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
W.S. Bouton
Original Owner and Location:
W.S. Bouton, Green Bay, WI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
50'
Beam:
14'
Depth:
5'
Tonnage (old style):
30 66/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Milwaukee, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
Mar 1866
How:
Sunk.
Notes:
Bound Chicago, IL. - Milwaukee, WI, sunk by collision.
History
Chronology:

1855, Apr 13 Enrolled Mackinaw, MI; ran Green Bay - Milwaukee & Chicago wtih shingles & lumber.

1861 Registered Mackinaw.

1863 Owned Manitowoc Co., Milwaukee, WI.

1865 - 66 Owned R.D. Swift, Milwaukee.

1866, Mar Sunk, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. Patrick Labadie
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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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