KELLY, WILLIAM (1859, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
KELLY, WILLIAM
Year of Build:
1859
Official Number:
26235
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newport (Marine City), MI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
David Lester
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
198
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Windmill Point, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:
30 Oct 1870
How:
wrecked
Final Cargo:
Oak planks & black walnut logs.
Notes:
Bound Sandusky, OH - Buffalo, NY, sank in gale; stern washed up Point Abino; loss of all 7 hands.
History
Chronology:

1861 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1863, Fall Wrecked at Cleveland docks.

1864 Owned Rust & Butler, Newport; lengthened, 200 tons old style.

1866 Owned McCarty & McKay, Cleveland, OH.

1868 147.88 gross tons.

1870, Oct 30 Wrecked Lake Erie.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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