MCGILVRAY, NELLIE (1870, Schooner-barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MCGILVRAY, NELLIE
Year of Build:
1870
Official Number:
52856
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black Rock, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner-barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Williams
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
427
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Portage Canal, Keweenaw Peninsula, MI.
Lake Superior.
Date:
28 Aug 1882
How:
Stranded.
Notes:
Struck end of pier at entrance to canal, sunk & became total loss Blown up by dynamiting as a hazard Oct 26, 1882.
History
Chronology:

1871 Owned J. Kilderhouse, Buffalo, NY.

1872, Sep 18 Waterlogged & lost deck load in gale, Lake Erie.

1874, Nov 3 Stranded & wrecked in thick weather, Point Abino, Lake Erie.

1875, Jul 2 Released from Point Abino.

1876 Owned F. Rockefeller, Buffalo; repaired, towed by steamer CITY OF NEW YORK.

1879 Owned Lothridge et al, Cleveland, OH.

1882, Aug 28 Stranded Portage Canal, Keweenaw Peninsula, MI, Lake Superior.

1882, Oct 26 Blown up by dynamiting as hazard.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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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