Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

MAGDALENA (1865, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MAGDALENA
Year of Build:
1865
Official Number:
16439
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Dover Bay (Avon), OH
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J.A. Johnson
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
84'
Beam:
20.7'
Depth:
5.8'
Tonnage (old style):
76
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Milwaukee, WI. Lake Michigan
Date:
5 Sep 1899
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1865, May 30 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1865, Oct 14 Stranded near Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, loaded with lumber; pulled off but sank in deeper water.

1866 Owned Cleveland.

1869, Nov Damaged outfit, Chicago, IL, Lake Michigan.

1871 68 gross tons; owned Chicago.

1873, Apr 21 Readmeasured Chicago, 84 x 20.58 x 5.75', 74.23 gross / 70.52 net tons.

1876 Owned Menge & Co, Chicago.

1878, Aug 14 Aground South Haven, Lake Michigan.

1897 Owned C.P. Ludwig, South Haven, MI.

1898 Owned Adam E. Abrahamson, Chicago.

1899 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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