SIMMONS, ROUSE (1868, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SIMMONS, ROUSE
Year of Build:
1868
Official Number:
110087
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Allen, McClelland & Company
Original Owner and Location:
Tansley & Ackerman, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
123.5'
Beam:
27.6'
Depth:
8.4'
Tonnage (gross):
205
Tonnage (net):
195
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan
Date:
23 Nov 1912
How:
Foundered
Final Cargo:
Christmas trees
Notes:
All crew plus lumberjacks (17) lost when she sunk in a gale. 1971, Wreck located near Rawley Point
History
Chronology:

1868 Ran Manistee, Michigan & Chicago, Illinois with lumber

1873 Owned Charles H. Hackley; ran Muskegon, Michigan to Chicago,

Illinois

1893 Owned John Leonard

1893 Owned August & Herman Schuenemann, who carried Christmas trees on

their last run of the season, known as Christmas Tree Ship,

carrying trees from Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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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