CAMPBELL, ROBERT B (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CAMPBELL, ROBERT B
Year of Build:
1853
Official Number:
21178
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Grand Traverse, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Cole & Campbell
Original Owner and Location:
Robert Campbell et al., Grand Traverse, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
95.6'
Beam:
23.3'
Depth:
9.3'
Tonnage (old style):
179 72/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
2 miles north Muskegon, MI piers.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
16 Oct 1876
How:
Wrecked in storm.
Final Cargo:
Shingles.
History
Chronology:

1853, Dec 10 Cost $8,500; built for lumber trade Grand Traverse, MI & Chicago, IL.

1884, Feb 8 Owned Henry K. White, Milwaukee, WI.

1854, Oct 14 Ashore Point Betsey; raised.

1855, Dec 18 Owned Henry K. & Julius White, Chicago, IL.

1856, Mar 11 Owned J.D. Gardiner, Milwaukee.

1860 Repaired.

1861, Jul 12 Owned Abraham S. Gardiner, New York.

1863 Repaired.

1863 Owned Daniel Dunn, Chicago.

1867 Rebuilt.

1868, Oct 24 Aground Chicago, pulled off & towed by tug TIGER.

1874 Reported ashore, Lake Michigan.

1876 Owned James Sims, Chicago.

1876, Oct 16 Wrecked; crew rescued by tug JAMES MCGORDON.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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