Main (Schooner, 1852)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Main
Year of Build:: 1852
Official Number:: 16402

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Black River, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: A. Lumm & Winfield S. Lyons
Ownership Notes:: Lumm, A., (1852); Barber, L., (1854); Gay, (1854); Lawson, A., (1854); Doyle, M., (1856-1857); Raynor, L. A., (1852); Whittington, W., (1861); Harrison, John, (1863-1864); Williams, T., (1865-1866); Imbrit, H., (1867); Junbrit, H., (1868); Michelson, A., (1871-1874); Achelson, Col. H., (1871); Michelson, H., (1876); Swenson, S., (1881-1883);
Master(s):: Lumm, A., (1852); Raynor, L. A., (1852); Foster, R. L., (1854); Lawson, A., (1954); Crawford, A., (1856-1857); Stevens, J. S., (1861); Hanson, J., (1863); Olson, K., (1864); Williams, T., (1865-1866); Imbrit, H., (1867); Junbrit, H., (1868); Nlson, G., (1874); Hadeler, C., (1874); Geston, J., (1876); Swenson, S., (1881-1882); Christopher, Simon, (1883);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1852)

Hull Dimensions

1852: Length: 103' 10" Width/Beam: 25' 7 1/2" Depth: 8'
1865: Length: 102.8' Width/Beam: 25.3' Depth: 6.7'

Tonnage

1852: Gross: 194 + 79/95
1865: Gross: 151.77 Net: 144.19

Enrollments/Registration

May 18, 1852: Port: Cleveland Number: 31 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 11-19-1852
November 19, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 131 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-7-1852
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December 7, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 132 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-9-1854
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June 9, 1854: Port: Chicago Number: 75 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-24-1856
April 24, 1856: Port: Chicago Number: 43 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-24-1857
April 24, 1857: Port: Chicago Number: 41 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-14-1861
August 14, 1861: Port: Chicago Number: 80 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-23-1863
January 23, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 4 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-9-1863
March 9, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 23 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-6-1864
April 6, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 82 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-22-1865
March 22, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 40 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-6-1866
April 6, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 659 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-2-1867
April 2, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 272 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-1-1868
April 1, 1868: Port: Chicago Number: 257 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-9-1871
March 9, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 91 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-5-1871
April 5, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 137 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-10-1873
March 10, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 170 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-14-1874
April 14, 1874: Port: Chicago Number: 190 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-21-1874
July 21, 1874: Port: Chicago Number: 7 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-1-1876
May 1, 1876: Port: Chicago Number: 89 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-30-1881
April 30, 1881: Port: Chicago Number: 134 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-21-1882
August 21, 1882: Port: Chicago Number: 15 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-12-1883
April 12, 1883: Port: Chicago Number: 64 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-5-1887; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Main (1852-1887)
Nationality:: American (1852-1887)
Chronology:: 1. 4/5/1854, went ashore in a gale and released;
2. 4/27/1854, Chicago, Lake Michigan, dragged her anchors in a gale, struck the breakwater and repaired, (7 lives lost);
3. 6/12/1855, Green Bay, ashore and released;
4. 10/23/1887, sprang a leak, went ashore 1/2 mile north of Miles Harbor while trying to enter;

Notes

General notes:: 1864 she had a scow bottom and stern;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1888);
5. Register of the Shipping of the Lakes and River St. Lawrence, 1864, by Robert Thomas;

Contact

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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