ATLANTA (1863, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ATLANTA
Year of Build:
1863
Official Number:
375
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Toledo, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George Fordham
Original Owner and Location:
R. B. Hubbard, Sandusky, OH
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
309
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Sleeping Bear Point.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
1 Jun 1878
How:
Storm.
Notes:
Ashore, pounded to pieces by waves.
History
Chronology:

1863 Enrolled Toledo, OH.

1863-67 Enrolled Sandusky, OH.

1865 Readmeasured, 267 gross ton.

1868 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1870, Nov Collision with bark MAID OF THE MIST, Lake Huron; lost head gear; damaged bow; repaired Port Huron.

1871 Owned Mrs. Ganey, Chicago, IL.

1873 Owned Whitbeck & Co., Chicago, IL.

1876 Owned Mrs. Shaw, Chicago, IL.

1878 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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
(989)356-6188
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