BROWN, BELLE (1873, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BROWN, BELLE
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
2887
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
William Bates
Original Owner and Location:
W. L. Brown & William Muller, Chicago, IL
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
124'
Beam:
27.9'
Depth:
9.3'
Tonnage (gross):
217
Tonnage (net):
207
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Ashtabula, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
1926
How:
Abandoned.
Notes:
Sunk in slip.
History
Chronology:

1893, Oct Lost part of deck load during gale.

1906 Owned Ingbert Telefson, Milwaukee, WI.

1914 Owned Esterbrook & Skeel Lumber Co., Chicago, IL.

1916 Owned T. A. Cheney, Ashtabula, OH.

1926 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Ralph K. Roberts
Lorne Joyce
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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