Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Jenny Lind (Barge, 1848)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Jenny Lind
Year of Build:
1848
Major repairs:
1859;
Rebuilt:
1. 1872;
Official Number:
12716
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Barge
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Smith & Peck
Ownership Notes:
Fitch, E. M. (1848); Nonison, J., (1849); Gates, H. W., (1852); Myers, L. H., (1857); Bailey, W., (1857-1873); Gibson, J. G., (1858-1861); Clark, B., (1860); Bradley, L., (1862); Clark & Gibson, (1863); Schmidt, J. N., (1864); Williams, Charles, (1864-1866); Lonergan, Mary, (1867); Bundy, Thomas (1868-71); Coy, j., (1871); McElligott, J., (1871); Higott,E .E.,(1872);
Walker, J., (1873); Walker & Bailey, (1873); Vanderburg, (1875-1878); Pecastia, F., (1876); Williams, T., (1877-1882); Peterson,L,. (1880);
Master(s):
Spencer, L. D., (1848); Chapman, C., (1849); Pennington, J., (1852); Warner, G., (1857); Dandenbury, A., (1857) ; Radcliff, G., (1858-1859); Gibson, J. G., (1861); Bradley, L., (1862); Williams, C., (1864-1865); Schmidt, J. H., (1864); Collins, John, (1867); Bundy, Thomas, (1868);Teed, T., (1871); Micelligott, J., (1871); Church, B., (1872); Walker, J., (1873); James, H., (1873); Williams, T., (1877); Anderson, J., (1880);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1848)
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 88' 3" Width/Beam: 20' 8" Depth: 8' 9"
1865
Length: 86' Width/Beam: 21' Depth: 8.8'
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 144 + 67/95
1865
Gross: 106.61
1866
Gross: 110.98 Net: 105
1872
Enrollments/Registration
April 20, 1848
   Port: Cleveland Number: 25 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 5-19-1849
May 19, 1849
   Port: Cleveland Number: 31 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-27-1852
April 27, 1852
   Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-21-1854
March 21, 1854
   Port: Cleveland Number: 6 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-6-1857
May 6, 1857
   Port: Buffalo Number: 58 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-13-1858
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April 13, 1858
   Port: Buffalo Number: 12 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-16-1859
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April 16, 1859
   Port: Buffalo Number: 12 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-16-1861
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February 16, 1861
   Port: Buffalo Number: 1 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-14-1862
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February 14, 1862
   Port: Buffalo Number: 3 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-6-1864
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February 6, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 11 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-19-1864
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April 19, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 79 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-28-1865
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April 28, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 79 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-23-1866
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April 23, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 66 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-2-1867
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May 2, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 74 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-4-1868
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March 4, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 334 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-16-1870
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April 16, 1870
   Port: Buffalo Number: 135 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-19-1871
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April 19, 1871
   Port: Chicago Number: 155 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-11-1871
July 11, 1871
   Port: Chicago Number: 5 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-20-1872
April 20, 1872
   Port: Chicago Number: 106 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Grand Haven 5-13-1873
May 13, 1873
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 47 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 6-5-1873
June 5, 1873
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 58 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 7-17-1873
July 17, 1873
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 4 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-25-1874
April 25, 1874
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 57 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 5-15-1876
May 15, 1876
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 60 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 6-15-1877
June 15, 1877
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 63 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-25-1877
June 25, 1877
   Port: Chicago Number: 77 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-2-1880
March 2, 1880
   Port: Chicago Number: 80 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-6-1883

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Barge, Jenny Lind (1848-1872)*;
b. Schooner, Jenny Lind (1872-1883)
Nationality:
American (1848-1883)
Chronology:
1. 9/18/1849, Lake Erie, collision, (Brig, J. Y. Scammon), repaired, $3, 500 loss;
2. 5/31/1855, near Cornwall, sprang a leak and towed onto a beach, released, (railroad iron);
3. 9/28/1856, Ashtabula, ashore, (merchandise), released, $1, 050 loss;
4. 11/00/1864, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $11, 000 loss;
5. 7/00/1867, Lake Erie, lost her mainmast in a storm, repaired, $200 loss;
6. 6/00/1868, St. Clair Flats, ran on her anchor, sank and raised, $400 loss;
7. 5/21/1883, off 27th Street, Chicago, capsized, went ashore, (4 lives lost), hull went to pieces;
Notes
General notes:
*Sometimes she is referred to as "Jennie Lind";
1860, she was valued at $3,700; 1871, she was valued at $1,000; 1882, she is listed as "not Insurable";
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882;
5. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1885);
8. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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