BAKER, DAN (1866, Scow Schooner)

Year of Build:

1866

Official Number:

35252

Built at:

Fairport, OH

Vessel Type:

Scow Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Dan Hayes

Number of Masts:

2

Tonnage (old style):

61

Final Location:

Off Cedar Point, OH.
Lake Erie.

Date:

12 Jun 1874

How:

Sunk in northwest gale.

Final Cargo:

Stone.

Notes:

Reported broken in two 7/17/1874.

1868 Owned Cleveland, OH.

1871 Owned Baker & Fifield, Cleveland, OH.

1874, Jun 12 Sunk, cargo of stone; owned Blanchard, Cleveland.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Peter J. VanderLinden