Welland (Schooner, 1848)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Catharines, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Louis Shickluna
Ownership Notes:: Benson & Merritt, (1847); Merritt, T. R., (1854-1866); Livingston, (1856-1857); Stone, Niles D., (1868); Stone, Allen S., (1868-1869); Mccarly, J. H., (1869); Boland, F., (1870); Andrews, A., (1871); Boland, (1871); Scott, (1872), St. Atwater, (1873);
Master(s):: Livingston, (1854-1856); Nungton, (1857); Cootahan, William, (1868); McCarly, J. H., (1869); Boland, F., (1870; Boland, A. ,(1871); Scott, (1872);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Dalhousie 3-24-1857
March 24, 1857: Port: Dalhousie
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 8-24-1868
August 24, 1868: Port: Oswego Number: 28 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: (Act.July 25, 1868)
Next document: Oswego 8-21-1869
August 21, 1869: Port: Oswego Number: 50 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 4-1-1870
April 1, 1870: Port: Toledo Number: 40 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 4-2-1870
April 2, 1870: Port: Toledo Number: 41 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 9-16-1871
September 16, 1871: Port: Toledo Number: 22 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-15-1872
February 15, 1872: Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-28-1873; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Welland (1847-1873)
Nationality:: Canada (1847-1868); American (1868-1873);
Chronology:: 1. 6/16/1851, Lachine Canal, sank and raised, (flour);
2. 8/7/1851, off Cleveland, Lake Erie, lost her main mast and repaired;
3. 11/00/1860, Presque Isle, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $500 loss;
4. 7/00/1873, Lake Michigan, collision and repaired, $300 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1854, she was valued at $1,800 pounds; 1864, she was valued at $6,000; 1873, she was valued at $7,000;
She was abandoned at Manistee before 1874;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Oswego, New York; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Oswego, New York; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1854, 1856,1857, 1869;
5. Vessel Register: 1860,1863,1864,1866,1871, 1873;
6. St. Catherine Journal: 4/8/1847;
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
8. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1880);

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