CASTLE, W.B. (1856, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CASTLE, W.B.
Year of Build:
1856
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Peck & Masters
Original Owner and Location:
Captain Nickerson, Cleveland, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
107.7'
Beam:
24.1'
Depth:
8.1'
Tonnage (old style):
218 36/95
Final Disposition
Date:
18 Mar 1861
How:
Abandoned at sea.
History
Chronology:

1856 - 59 Enrolled at Cleveland, OH.

1857, Mar Owned Crawford, Price & Co., Cleveland; grain trade on Lakes.

1859 Among earliest Lakes schooners to engage in Coast trade on Atlantic; traveled Boston, MA - Mobile, AL.

1861, Mar 20 Enroute to Saline, TX, disabled & abandoned at sea.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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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