WOOD, JAMES (1846, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WOOD, JAMES
Year of Build:
1846
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Dexter, NY
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Original Owner and Location:
Horace W. Woodruff, et.al., Sacketts Harbor
Ownership Notes:
Enrolled Sacketts Harbor
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
124'
Beam:
25'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (old style):
286.84
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Ashtabula, Ohio, Lake Erie
Date:
10 Sep 1852
Final Depth:
10 feet'
How:
Ashore in gale
Final Cargo:
850 barrels flour, 8500 bushels wheat
History
Chronology:

1847, April 29 Owned Samuel Hooker, et.al.

1847, September 11 Collision with schooner FREEMAN; repaired

1850, April 11 Owned N.M. Woodruff

1851, November 1 Rescued crew of schooner ROME, wrecked neear Dunkirk,

New York

1852, September 10 Ashore, Lake Erie; owned S.M. Johnson, Chicago

1871, July 22 Remains of hull seen at Ashtabula, Ohio

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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