GROVER, ALICE (1855, Scow Brig)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GROVER, ALICE
Year of Build:
1855
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Colborn, ONT
Vessel Type:
Scow Brig
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
S. Johnson
Original Owner and Location:
Grover & Goslie, Colborn, ONT.
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
209
Capacity:
10500 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Cleveland, OH. Lake Erie
Date:
17 Jun 1866
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
Ashore & wrecked in gale; one life lost.
History
Chronology:

1856 Owned Moodie, Toronto, ONT.

1860 Owned McLaughlin & Company, Toronto.

1860 May 1 Aground near Fighting Island, Detroit River, laden with staves & bound for the canal.

1861, Nov Sunk Toronto, Lake Ontario with coal.

1862 Repaired.

1863 212 tons.

1866, Jun Wrecked Lake Erie; owned G.H. Wyatt, Kingston, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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