FOSTER, SAMUEL H. (1873, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FOSTER, SAMUEL H.
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
115150
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Lewis Lafrinier
Original Owner and Location:
Foster & Arnold, Cleveland, OH.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
189.2'
Beam:
33.58'
Depth:
13'
Tonnage (gross):
720.42
Tonnage (net):
684.4
Capacity:
44,200 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Misery Bay, 14 Mile Point.
Lake Superior.
Date:
9 Oct 1906
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
None.
Notes:
In tow of tug L.L. BARTH with barge WAYNE, which also went ashore in gale or blizzard.
History
Chronology:

1873, May 19 Enrolled Cleveland, OH; for grain & ore trade.

1877 Slight damage by fire, Straits of Mackinaw.

1878, Aug 4 Collision with propeller JAMES FISK at Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron.

1883, Aug 19 Sank SUNNYSIDE in collision at North Fox Island, Lake Michigan; owned J.C. Gilchrist, Cleveland, OH.

1884, Jun Towed by steambarge WILLIAM EDWARDS with barge GOLDEN AGE with 242,000 bushels grain from Buffalo.

1885, Mar 19 189.16 x 33.58 x 12.42', 672 gross / 639 net tons.

1897, Oct 8 Aground Germania Park, Niagara River with pig iron; released.

1897, Nov 30 Struck pier at Toledo, OH; repaired.

1898, Sep 30 Bound for Atlantic Coast.

1899, Aug 25 Owned Rittenhouse & Embree Lumber Co., Chicago, IL.

1903 Owned Calbick & Co., Chicago.

1906, Oct 6 Wrecked, Lake Superior.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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