AMIOT, LILLY (1873, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AMIOT, LILLY
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
15899
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cheboygan, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Amiot
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
47.4'
Beam:
12.4'
Depth:
4.7'
Tonnage (gross):
25
Tonnage (net):
23
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Ellison Bay, Plum Island.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
6 Jun 1909
How:
Exploded & burned.
Final Cargo:
General freight, including gasoline & dynamite.
Notes:
Struck rocky ledge in harbor, exploded & burned.
History
Chronology:

1888, Nov 27 Reported wrecked, Sheboygan, WI, on piers.

1900 Converted from schooner to gas launch, 14 gross/10 net tons.

1909, Jun 6 Exploded & burned; owners J.C. & Abraham Jessen, Washington Island.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
James J. Jetzer
Lorne Joyce
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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