SNELL, CALVIN (1857, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SNELL, CALVIN
Year of Build:
1857
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Richmond, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Joel Norton
Original Owner and Location:
Solomon Snell, Painesville, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
121' 9"
Beam:
25' 11.04"
Depth:
9' 6.96"
Tonnage (old style):
277 55/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Presque Isle, Lake Ontario.
Final Cargo:
70 tons stone.
Notes:
Sprang leak & sunk; crew escaped.
History
Chronology:

1857, Sep 8 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1858, Apr 29 Bound Chicago, IL for Montreal, QUE; ashore above Presque Isle Peninsula, Lake Huron with 13,500 bushels wheat; released.

1858, May Sunk Lake Ontario.

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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