Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Erastus Corning (Bark, 1867)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Erastus Corning
Year of Build:
1867
Rebuilt:
1. 1877, John Humble, Buffalo, New York;
Official Number:
7239
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Tonawanda, New York
Vessel Type:
Bark
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Figure Head
Builder Name:
F. N. Jones
Ownership Notes:
Avery, Truman G., (1867-1868); Horton, C. M., (1870-1871); Ganson, John, (1871); Taylor, Augustus C., (1871-1873); Taylor, A. C., (1878); Arnold, R., (1884-1887); Chilson, C. E., (1889);
Master(s):
Locke, P. B., (1867-1868); Clark, George, H., (1870-1878); Foster, A. B., (1884); Peteraon, A., (1886); Parker, Henry, (1886-1887);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1867)
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 204.3' Width/Beam: 35.3' Depth: 14.5'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 832.43 Net: 790.81
1877
Enrollments/Registration
May 8, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 88 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 8-7-1867
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August 7, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 274 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 8-17-1868
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August 17, 1868
   Port: Erie Number: 1 of 1868
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: EnrollmentLost
Next document: Buffalo 9-7-1868

Next document: (Tonnage Record Cancelled,

Next document: Quarter End, 3-31-1869)
September 7, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 42 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 8-1-1870
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August 1, 1870
   Port: Buffalo Number: 20 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-26-1871
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May 26, 1871
   Port: Buffalo Number: 184 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-27-1871
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May 27, 1871
   Port: Buffalo Number: 186 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-22-1871
View document online
July 22, 1871
   Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-7-1873
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August 7, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 3 of 1873
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Buffalo 8-21-1873
August 21, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 64 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 5-10-1878
View document online
May 10, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 68 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Cleveland 3-31-1884
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March 31, 1884
   Port: Cleveland Number: 29 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-25-1886
March 25, 1886
   Port: Cleveland Number: 20 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 8-6-1886
August 6, 1886
   Port: Cleveland Number: 4 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-28-1887
March 28, 1887
   Port: Cleveland Number: 43 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-8-1889
March 8, 1889
   Port: Cleveland Number: 31 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 12-28-1889

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Erastus Corning (1867-1877);
b. Schooner, Erastus Corning (1877-1889)
Nationality:
American (1867-1889)
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1867, Cheboygan Straits, ashore and released, $8, 000 loss;
2. 7/00/1867, Lake Erie, lost entire outfit and refitted, $8, 000 loss;
3. 11/00/1867, Lake Erie, lost jibboom and anchor, replaced;
4. 6/5/1868, Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, collision, (sank Bark, Clayton), repaired, $300 loss;
5. 6/00/1869, Chicago, collision and repaired, $200 loss;
6. 9/00/1869, St. Clair Flats, grounded and lightered off;
7. 9/00/1873, Bar Point, Lake Erie, struck a rock and repaired, $5, 900 loss;
8. 1/00/1874, Buffalo, Lake Erie, damaged by freshet and repaired, $6, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
Her rig was changed to a Schooner on 5/10/1877, at Buffalo;
Her mast from the main deck measured 152'; Had double top sails, 5,300 yards of canvas; Center board box was 35' long;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. Wright's Master Sheet;
8. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874;
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1896);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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