AMERICAN (1870, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AMERICAN
Year of Build:
1870
Official Number:
1951
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Three Mile Bay, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
A. Wilcox
Original Owner and Location:
A. Wilcox, Three Mile Bay, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
137'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (gross):
283
Tonnage (net):
269
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Between Oswego & Stoney Point.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
1 Oct 1894
How:
Foundered, unknown reason.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
Crew safe.
History
Chronology:

1879 Owned Becker & Putnam, Clayton, NY.

1894 Owned T. Donavan, Oswego, NY.

1894, Oct 1 Sank.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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