CITY (1853, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CITY
Year of Build:
1853
Official Number:
4362
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ogdensburg, NY
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Hosea Rogers
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
134.1'
Beam:
25.3'
Depth:
10.5'
Tonnage (old style):
340
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Toledo, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
Nov 1882
How:
Burned at anchor.
History
Chronology:

1853, Nov 19 Foundered near Sandusky, OH; raised.

1854 Enrolled Oswegatchie District, owned at Ogdensburg, NY.

1854 Struck by lightning at Chicago, all three masts damaged.

1855, May 20 Stranded at Blake Island, near Bois Blanc Island, Lake Michigan.

1860 - 65 Owned E.B. Allen & Son, Ogdensburg; "CITY OF ROCHESTER".

1860, Oct 18 Sunk by steamer ONTARIO, Ogdensburg.

1861, Jun 14 Raised, repaired & re-rigged.

1865 Damaged in collision at Toronto, ONT.

1866 Owned R.K. & H.C. Winslow, Cleveland, OH.

1868 US4362, owned at Cleveland.

1870, Jul 18 Struck shoal, run ashore Cove Island.

1871, Apr 10 Owned J.F. Green, Bay City, MI; "Barge".

1871 Owned Turtons, Cleveland.

1874 - 75 Repaired.

1876 - 79 Owned Rankin & Wilson, Detroit, MI.

1882, Nov Owned Brown, Cleveland; destroyed by fire at Toledo, OH.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
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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