West Side (Schooner, 1870)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: George Goble
Ownership Notes:: Goble, George, (1870); Lyons, D., (1875); D. Lyons and Son, (1893-1895); Goble, George, (1897); Edwards, Minnie E., (1897-1904); Buchman Co-operage Co., (1905);
Master(s):: Blackburn, J., (1870); Hollows, M. M., (1875); Edwards, Minnie E., (1897);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 2, 1870: Port: Oswego Number: 211 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 3-23-1871
March 23, 1871: Port: Oswego Number: 120 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-15-1875
May 15, 1875: Port: Oswego Number: 26 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 8-23-1897
August 23, 1897: Port: Oswego Number: 3 of 1897
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-18-1899
April 18, 1899: Port: Chicago Number: 66 of 1899
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 5-17-1905
May 17, 1905: Port: Cleveland Number: 17 of 1905
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-6-1905
October 6, 1905: Port: Cleveland
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, West Side (1870-1906)
Nationality:: American (1870-1906)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1873, near the head of Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $5, 700 loss;
2. 10/11/1884, 1 mile below Port Colborne, Welland Canal, collision with a bridge and repaired, (coal);
3. 10/29/1906, Georgian Bay, 25 miles off Thunder Bay Island, near Parry Sound, Lake Huron, sank, (pulpwood);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Oswego, New York;
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. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1870-1907);

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