ENTERPRISE (1857, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ENTERPRISE
Year of Build:
1857
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. Holler
Original Owner and Location:
George M. Rich, Detroit, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
55' 6"
Beam:
15' 3"
Depth:
3'
Tonnage (old style):
21 93/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Bark Shanty, tip of Michigan's thumb.
Lake Huron.
Date:
21 Nov 1861
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Drove ashore in gale, pounded to pieces; outfit salvaged a few days later.
History
Chronology:

1857 Enrolled Toledo, OH.

1858 Enrolled Detroit, MI; scow.

1861, Nov 21 Wrecked Lake Huron.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
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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