WINSLOW, RICHARD (1871, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WINSLOW, RICHARD
Year of Build:
1871
Official Number:
110003
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: First 4 mast schooner built on Lakes Plain stem, square stern
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
James Madison Jones
Original Owner and Location:
H.J. & R.K. Winslow, Cleveland, Ohio
Power
Number of Masts:
4
Hull Dimensions
Length:
216.6'
Beam:
36'
Depth:
14.3'
Tonnage (gross):
885.2
Tonnage (net):
840.94
Capacity:
60,000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
White Shoals, Straits of Mackinac, Michigan, Lake Michigan
Date:
3 Sep 1898
How:
Foundered
Final Cargo:
Iron ore
Notes:
In tow of steamer INTER-OCEAN, sprung leak & foundered Flattened by explosives in 1902 Wreck located May 23, 1981
History
Chronology:

1871, Summer Ran aground, St.Clair Flats on two different occasions

1880, April Dismasted off McGulpin's Point, Straits of Mackinac

1883, September 26 Driven ashore at Point Edward, Ontario, St.Clair

River; wreck raised & completely rebuilt at

Port Huron, Michigan

1884 In grain/coal trade between Buffalo, New York & Duluth, Minnesota

1884, Date Unknown Wheat laden, waterlogged in gale on Lake Superior;

major repairs later

1886, August 30 Aground near Round Island, Waiska Bay, Michigan, Lake

Superior; released by propeller SAMUEL F.HODGE

1888, November Injured rudder & stern in gale; repair (at Duluth?)

1890 Reduced to towbarge

1892 Owned George R. Teller, Buffalo, New York

1894 Owned Wex & Company, Buffalo

1895 Minor collision with steamer J.H.OUTHWAITE

1898, September 3 Foundered off White Shoals, Straits of Mackinac,

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
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