FOREST MAID (pre1868, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FOREST MAID
Year of Build:
before1868
Official Number:
37131
Construction and Ownership
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
14
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Between Kelly's Island & Marblehead, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
8 May 1872
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Stripped & abandoned following collision with GRANITE STATE or PRAIRIE STATE, Lake Erie.
History
Chronology:

1868 Owned Toledo, OH; 14.20 gross tons.

1869 & 1870 Not listed in USMV.

1872, May 8 Reported sunk in collision at Put-in-Bay; may be earlier scow of same name.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
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

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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