CAMBRIA (1836, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CAMBRIA
Year of Build:
1836
Construction and Ownership
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Original Owner and Location:
Enoch Jones, Detroit, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
106.68
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Buffalo, NY.
Lake Erie.
Date:
1854
How:
Rebuilt as HARRIET ROSS
History
Chronology:

1836 - 1850 Detroit & Mackinac Districts.

1848, Apr Ashore inside Saginaw River.

1851, Oct Struck going in to Ashtabula; cargo coal; sunk.

1853 - 1854 Miami, OH District.

1854, Sep Dumped load of staves on Lake Erie durning storm.

1873 Reported to have been built around 1810 under a different name & used in naval service; sold to private parties after War of 1812, rebuilt as CAMBRIA in 1836.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
Loudon G. Wilson
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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