Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

GLANCE (1886, Yacht)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GLANCE
Year of Build:
1886
Official Number:
85922
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Yacht
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
George Moon
Original Owner:
George Moon
Power
Engine Type:
Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
7", 14 x 11", 100hp @ 200rpm engine, Bell Engine Works, Buffalo, NY. 4'4" x 7', 130psi firebox boiler.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
51'
Beam:
10.7'
Depth:
5'
Tonnage (gross):
28.44
Tonnage (net):
15
History
Chronology:

1886, May Launched; ran Buffalo - Grand Island.

1897, May Government contract to build breakwater.

1897, Sep 28 Sunk by collision with steamer GAZELLE at Buffalo, one life lost; raised.

1903 Owned A. Smallman.

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
(989)356-6188
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