CLARION (1844, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CLARION
Year of Build:
1844
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Erie, PA
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
John Richards
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
236
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Skillagalee Reef.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
30 Oct 1860
How:
Aground in storm.
Final Cargo:
Grain.
Notes:
Stripped & went to pieces.
History
Chronology:

1847, May 14 Dismasted off Erie, PA.

1849 Enrolled Presque Isle, PA.

1851, Nov 29 Lost two locomatives from deck, Lake Michigan.

1857 Partially rebuilt at Milan, OH; enrolled Sandusky.

1860 Owned A.T. Skinner, Milan, OH.

1860, May 4 Topmast carried away off Milwaukee.

1860, Oct 30 Hard aground on Skillagalee Reef, Lake Michigan with cargo of grain.

1860, Nov 10 Still on reef.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
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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