MIZTEC (1890, Schooner-barge)

Year of Build:

1890

Official Number:

92166

Built at:

Marine City, MI

Vessel Type:

Schooner-barge

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Jenken or J.H. Ihnken & P. Lester

Original Owner:

Marine Transit Co.

Number of Masts:

3

Length:

194'

Beam:

34.6'

Depth:

14'

Tonnage (gross):

777.1

Tonnage (net):

738.5

Final Location:

Off Vermillion Point, MI, Whitefish Bay.
Lake Superior.

Date:

24 May 1921

How:

Foundered.

Final Cargo:

Salt.

Notes:

Bound Buffalo, NY - Superior, WI, upbound while in tow of ZILLAH with schooner barge PESHTIGO,, she foundered in a storm. 1883 Wreck located.

1890, Feb Launched.

1890, Apr 8 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1890, May 3 Ashore near Minorville, WI.

1919 Stranded off Vermillion Point, MI.

1919 Rebuilt; towed by tug C.H. BRADLEY.

1920, Jul Sunk off Sturgeon Point, Lake Huron.

1921 Foundered, Lake Superior.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie