Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

TOBOGGAN (1886, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TOBOGGAN
Year of Build:
1886
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, WI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Milwaukee Shipyard Company
Final Disposition
Final Location:
15 miles off Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan
Date:
12 Jul 1887
How:
Capsized & sank while being towed
Final Cargo:
Salt & lumber
Notes:
Towed by steamer MARSHALL F. BUTTERS
History
Chronology:

1887, July 12 Capsized & sank, Lake Michigan

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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