ADA MEDORA (1867, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ADA MEDORA
Year of Build:
1867
Official Number:
403
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Gibraltar, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Roderick Calkins
Original Owner and Location:
C & D Whitney, Detroit
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
138'
Beam:
26' 7"
Depth:
11'
Tonnage (gross):
301
Tonnage (net):
286
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Buffalo, NY, breakwater, Lake Erie.
Date:
6 Oct 1906
How:
Wrecked in a gale, broke up.
Final Cargo:
Lumber
Notes:
On the rocks at Donnely's pier.
History
Chronology:

1867 Enrolled, Detriot, MI, cost $30,000.00.

1871 Sep 21 At Detroit for repairs after grounded.

1882 Owned, Kenosha, WI.

1899 William H. Shaw, Chicago, Il.

1906 Stranded, broke up on breakwater at Buffalo.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Newspaper Clippings
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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