BUTCHER BOY (1868, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BUTCHER BOY
Year of Build:
1868
Official Number:
2583
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
DePere, WI
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Elmo Sorenson
Original Owner:
Wm. B. Ogden & Peshtigo Lumber Co.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
147'
Beam:
29'
Depth:
11'
Tonnage (gross):
359.76
Tonnage (net):
342
Capacity:
250,000' lumber
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Chicago, IL. Lake Michigan
Date:
1924
How:
Abandoned.
Notes:
1921 Used as garbage scow.
History
Chronology:

1868, Aug 21 Enrolled, Chicago, IL.

1871 Partially burned in Chicago fire.

1872, Sep 30 Collision with ANNIE VOUGHT in gale near Bar Point, Lake Erie, laden with coal; sank & abandoned by owners.

1873 Salvaged for underwriters by Coast Wrecking Co.; towed to Detroit, MI; rig changed to schooner.

1873 Owned E.B. Smith, Buffalo, NY.

1877, Jun Aground at Fighting Island, Detroit River; released.

1879 Owned Peshtigo Co., Chicago, IL.

1882 Registered at Marinette.

1883 Rebuilt as barge; owned A.C. Merryman, Milwaukee, WI.

1888 Barge, owned Hines Lumber Co., Milwaukee, WI.

1889 Repaired.

1898, Aug 16 Partially dismasted in squall, Lake Michigan; owned Samuel Neff, Milwaukee, WI.

1901 Schooner; owned William Mueller, Jr., Chicago IL.

1905 Readmeasured Chicago, IL; 147 x 29 x 11.4'; 348 gross / 308 net tons.

1910 Owned Wisconsin Land & Lumber Co., Blaney, MI; registered Chicago.

1914 Owned Easterbrook Skeele Lumber Co., Chicago, IL.

1916 Abandoned due to age at Chicago.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Burton Collection
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
John O. Greenwood
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Lorne Joyce
Peter J. VanderLinden
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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