Lime Rock (Scow, 1858)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Lime Rock
Also known as:: L. M. N.
Year of Build:: 1858
Rebuilt:: 1. 1881;
Official Number:: 16451 or 44651

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Scow
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: C. W. Bissett (D. N. Bissett)
Ownership Notes:: Calkins, George W., (1858-1864); Bissett, (1864); Jennep, B. W., (1865); Cilley, H., (1869-1870); Putman, E., (1871-1871); Eager, L, (1872-1874); Gibson, H., (1873);
Master(s):: Bassett, H. N. (1858); Bissell, H. N., (1858); Fargher, Thomas, (1863-1865); Gorbin, L., (1869); Cilley, H., (1870); Gibson, T., (1871-1873); Johnson, W., (1872); Gibson, Jr., T., (1873); Becker, J., (1874);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1858)

Hull Dimensions

1858: Length: 96.1' Width/Beam: 21.11' Depth: 5.85'
1865: Length: 98' Width/Beam: 22' Depth: 7.7'

Tonnage

1858: Gross: 111 + 63/95
1865: Gross: 119.01
1881

Enrollments/Registration

May 5, 1858: Port: Cleveland Number: 39 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 10-16-1858
October 16, 1858: Port: Cleveland Number: 83 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-31-1863
March 31, 1863: Port: Cleveland Number: 21 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-18-1865
April 18, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 58 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 4-12-1869
April 12, 1869: Port: Cleveland Number: 28 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-20-1870
April 20, 1870: Port: Cleveland Number: 46 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-18-1871
March 18, 1871: Port: Cleveland Number: 58 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-18-1871
March 18, 1871: Port: Cleveland Number: 59 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-14-1872
March 14, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 38 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-4-1872
September 4, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 20 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 12-2-1873
December 2, 1873: Port: Cleveland Number: 44 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-30-1874
April 30, 1874: Port: Cleveland Number: 78 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 8-18-1875
August 18, 1875: Port: Cleveland
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Scow, Lime Rock (1858-1881);
b. Barge, L. M. N. (1881-1889)
Nationality:: American (1858-1889)
Chronology:: 1. 4/00/1860, Madison Dock, Lake Erie, collision, (Brig, J. H. Harmon), repaired, $100 loss;
2. 4/00/1861, Cleveland, struck the west pier, damaging her bows, bowsprit, repaired, $150 loss;
3. 5/00/1861, Maumee River, Lake Erie, lost a boy overboard;
4. 8/00/1861, near Point au Pelee, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, J. S. Harvey), repaired, $100 loss;
5. 10/00/1861, Lake Huron, collision, (Schooner, Mary Brown), repaired, $150 loss;
6. 5/00/1873, River Thames, struck a sunken snag and sank, raised, $300 loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861, 1/22/1862;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1884);
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:

Contact

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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