COCHRANE, JOSEPH (1856, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
COCHRANE, JOSEPH
Year of Build:
1856
Official Number:
12755
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Charlotte, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Fore & aft rigged.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Rogers & Dickson
Original Owner and Location:
Hosea Rogers, Charlotte, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
132'
Beam:
26.8'
Depth:
12'
Tonnage (old style):
326
Capacity:
16,000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Reef at Bailey's Harbor, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
27 Oct 1870
How:
Ashore, broken up.
Final Cargo:
Lumber.
History
Chronology:

1856, Apr Launched.

1859 Reportedly went to Atlantic.

1860, Aug 23 Owned Parker & Allen, Buffalo, NY.

1862, Jun Collided with schooner L.B.CROCKER, Fort Gratiot, MI, St. Clair River.

1863, Nov 4 Collided with schooner J. FRETTER, Detroit River.

1865 Readmeasured 245.33 gross tons.

1869, Jun 2 Raised after sinking in Welland Canal.

1870, Oct 27 Wrecked; owned F.M. Bruce, Chicago, IL.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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