CITY OF GRAND HAVEN (1872, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CITY OF GRAND HAVEN
Year of Build:
1872
Official Number:
33869
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Grand Haven, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Duncan Robertson
Original Owner and Location:
Kirby, Furlong & Co., Grand Haven, MI
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
127'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (gross):
200
Tonnage (net):
190
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Marinette, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
14 Dec 1937
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1872, Apr 24 Enrolled as new; owned Kirby, Furlong & Co., Grand Haven, MI.

1880, Oct 24 Owned Michigan Barge Co.

1884, Apr 4 Owned Henry V. O'Brien, et al, Chicago.

1886 Owned same; rebuilt, two masts.

1888, Oct 23 Owned Mary E. Kirby, Grand Haven.

1889, Feb 20 Owned Anton Kjelsen, et al, Sheboygan, WI.

1916, May 8 Owned Winand Schlosser, Milwaukee.

1927, Sep 3 Owned Orin W. Angwall, Marinette, WI.

1937, Dec 16 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
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
(989)356-6188
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