KELLY, KATE (Schooner, 1867)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
KELLY, KATE
Year of Build:
1867
Official Number:
14031
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Tonawanda, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
John B. Martel
Original Owner and Location:
Lewis Ryerse, Buffalo, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
126.3'
Beam:
25.8'
Depth:
10.4'
Tonnage (gross):
280.31
Tonnage
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Wind Point Light, near Racine, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
13 May 1989
Final Depth:
60 ft'
Final Cargo:
Railroad ties from E.E. Ayer Company of Alpena, MI
Notes:
Bound Alpena, MI - Chicago, IL, capsized & foundered in gale.
History
Chronology:

1867 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1870 Large repairs.

1871 Owned Finn, Dowdle & Hayes, Oswego, NY.

1874, Nov Aground Ford Shoal, Lake Ontario.

1875 Large repairs by Goble & McFarlane.

1876 Owned Green et al, Oswego, NY.

1876, Sep 28 Aground Holland, MI, Lake Michigan.

1876, Nov 2 Aground Windmill Point, Lake Erie.

1879 Owned Parker et al, Oswego.

1893, Oct Sunk off Grindstone City, MI dock.

1895, May 13 Foundered Lake Michigan; owned Harvey J. Hatch, Chicago, IL.

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