MILTON (1867, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MILTON
Year of Build:
1867
Official Number:
50395
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, WI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Lem Ellsworth
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
101.9'
Beam:
24.1'
Depth:
6.8'
Tonnage (gross):
130.35
Tonnage (net):
123.84
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Two Rivers, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
8 Sep 1885
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Wood.
Notes:
Bound Ellison Bay, WI - Milwaukee, she foundered in a heavy gale; 5 lost.
History
Chronology:

1867, Apr 18 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1869, Sep Aground White Hall, Lake Michigan.

1871 Owned Gillard et al, Milwaukee.

1871, Mar 27 Owned Nicholas Muller et al, Milwaukee.

1876 Owned Swinbourne et al, Milwaukee.

1877, Nov Collided with schooner LOTUS near Port Washington, WI.

1878, Oct 10 Owned Mary C. Richardson, Milwaukee.

1879 Owned N. Miller.

1880, Jul 16 Owned Henry Pates, Racine, WI.

1881, Apr 11 Owned Charles Rayman, Conrad Bresemeister & Moritz Hoffman, Milwaukee.

1882, Apr 4 Owned Bresemeister & Hoffman, Milwaukee.

1883, Apr 12 Owned F. Reichert, Milwaukee.

1883, Oct Ashore on reef, south Reynolds Pier, Horn Pier, WI.

1885, Apr 9 Owned Julius Mathison & Fred Reichert.

1885, May 7 Owned J. Mathison & Fritz Hanson.

1885, Sep Foundered, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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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