BAY CITY (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BAY CITY
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Vermillion, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Ahira Cobb
Original Owner and Location:
Alva Bradley, Vermillion, OH
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
216
Final Disposition
Final Location:
East Sister Reef.
Lake Erie.
Date:
8 Nov 1859
Final Depth:
7''
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Corn.
Notes:
Went ashore on reef; stranded; relief efforts by tug BRUCE & wrecker RELIEF were unsuccessful; 1200 bu corn recovered.
History
Chronology:

1853-54 Three enrollments, Sandusky, OH; 216.55 ton.

1859, Nov 26 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
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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