Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Almira
Year of Build:
1849
Official Number:
29358
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sheffield, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Scow
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head (1849)
Builder Name:
William L. Curtis
Ownership Notes:
Curles, M. L., (1849); Sweet, Ira, (1849); Sweet, Roswell, (1849); Clark, Dodato, (1850-1851); Johnson, A., (1851-1854); Atkinson,J. P., (1855); Miller, J., (1856); Mullen, John, (1860); Werstum, G. (1861); French, O., (1862-1863); Thompson, P. R., (1863); O'Connor, M., (1864-1866);
Master(s):
Lucas, W., (1849); Ferguson, G., (1850-1851); Champney, A., (854); Atkinson, J. P., (1855); Miller, J., (1861); Thompson, P. R., (1862-1863); Leary, J., (1864); Connor, M., (1865);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1849)
Hull Dimensions
1849
Length: 84' 9" Width/Beam: 20' Depth: 5'
Tonnage
1849
Gross: 80 + 35/95
1865
Gross: 78.69
Enrollments/Registration
July 13, 1849
   Port: Cleveland Number: 39 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-5-1850
April 5, 1850
   Port: Cleveland Number: 16 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-10-1851
April 10, 1851
   Port: Cleveland Number: 9 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-17-1854
March 17, 1854
   Port: Cleveland Number: 5 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 2-8-1855
February 8, 1855
   Port: Sandusky Number: 1 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-17-1856
July 17, 1856
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 50 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-24-1861
August 24, 1861
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 11 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-25-1862
August 25, 1862
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 23 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-26-1863
August 26, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 8 of 1863
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Milwaukee 9-2-1863
September 2, 1863
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 11 of 1863
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Home
Next document: Milwaukee 3-16-1864
March 16, 1864
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 35 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-1-1865
April 1, 1865
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 23 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 6-29-1872

Next document: (Vessel total loss)
History
Classification:
a. Scow, Almira (1849-1872);
Nationality:
American (1849-1872)
Chronology:

1. 9/00/1855, Dunkirk, lost a man (George Pease) overboard;

Notes
General notes:
She was an unrigged scow from 1868-1872;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollments: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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