CATARACT (1856, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CATARACT
Year of Build:
1856
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sandusky, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Totten
Hull Dimensions
Length:
133'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
11'
Tonnage (old style):
349
Final Disposition
Final Location:
WSW of Long Point Light, near Conneant, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
May 1857
How:
Sunk in collision.
Notes:
Collision with propeller KENTUCKY.
History
Chronology:

1857, May Sunk above Long Point by collision with a propeller.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
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
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