FALCON (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FALCON
Year of Build:
1853
Official Number:
9190
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Racine, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Bailey
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
97'
Beam:
25'
Depth:
8' 5"
Tonnage (old style):
181 59/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Chicago, IL.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
Jun 1876
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Sunk mouth of Chicago harbor while being towed in for repairs; declared hazard & blown up.
History
Chronology:

1853, Aug 26 Aground Manistee, MI, Lake Michigan; released.

1854 Enrolled Chicago.

1855, Oct Ashore Grand Haven, Lake Michigan with 5 other schooners & a brig.

1857, Nov 5 Ashore at South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan; owned G. Gray, Buffalo.

1858, May Collision with propeller ROBTERT FOSS off Racine, WI.

1859, Mar 14 Owned Dennis & Robert Wilber, Ottawa Center, MI.

1860 Owned Holt, Chicago.

1861 Large repairs.

1861, Nov 9 Ashore Point Pelee, Lake Erie.

1863 Owned Selock, Kenosha, WI.

1866 Wrecked off Chicago; 4 lives lost.

1868 Same owner; readmeasured 126.22 gross tons; repaired.

1871 Owned Welsh, Chicago.

1871, Apr Lost anchors Vander's Piers, Lake Michigan.

1875, Apr Owned Fay & Smith, Chicago

1875, Oct Ashore at St. Joseph, MI.

1876, Apr Sunk in Chicago harbor in storm, while being towed.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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