CONCORD (1847, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CONCORD
Year of Build:
1847
Official Number:
4390
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black River, OH
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. Lum (W. S. Lyons)
Original Owner and Location:
H. N. Gates & Co., Cleveland, OH.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
114' 11"
Beam:
23' 10"
Depth:
9' 3"
Tonnage (old style):
234.07
Final Disposition
Final Location:
3 miles off shore, 5 miles above Port Bruce, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:
16 Nov 1869
How:
Foundered in storm.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
3 rescued by prop BRUNO, 6 lost.
History
Chronology:

1847, Jul 20 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1848 Ran Cleveland - Buffalo, NY with grain.

1848, Nov Ashore near Kingston, ONT with salt.

1850, Oct 4 Waaterlogged; salt cargo.

1851, Jun and/or Aug Aground St. Lawrence River; damaged flour & corn cargo.

1855, Nov Sprang leak on Lake Michigan; damaged wheat cargo.

1858, Nov 18 Collided with propeller GENERAL TAYLOR off Whitefish Point, Lake Superior.

1859, Sep Sunk, St. Mary's Canal, with iron ore.

1860, Jun 28 Sold in auction at Sault Ste. Marie, MI to M. Knight.

1860, Sep 3 Owned S.C. Andrews, Detroit, MI.

1861 Owned Byron Whittaker, Detroit, MI; Saginaw Valley Lumber trade.

1861, Nov 4 Ashore Pt. Pelee, Lake Erie.

1863 Rebuilt 257.51 old style tons at J. Wolverton's yard.

1864, Nov Sank Sandusky, OH, Lake Erie.

1865 Large repairs.

1865, Jun 26 Readmeasured 193.76 gross tons.

1866, Sep Damaged in collision with schooner PARAGON off Rondeau, Lake Erie.

1869, Nov 16 Foundered.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Gerry Metzler
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Donald V. Baut
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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