ALLEN, WALTER B. (1866, Schooner)

Also known as:

ALLEN, W. B.

Year of Build:

1866

Official Number:

26561

Built at:

Ogdensburgh, NY

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

H. C. Pierson

Original Owner and Location:

Walter B. Allen & Elijah B. Allen, Ogdensburgh, NY

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

136.8'

Beam:

26.2'

Depth:

11.1'

Tonnage (gross):

296

Final Location:

7 miles NE Sheboygan, WI.
Lake Michigan.

Date:

16 Apr 1880

Final Depth:

178

How:

Foundered in storm.

Final Cargo:

Partial cargo of wheat.

Notes:

Wreck discovered 1978.

1866, May 14 Enrolled Ogdensburg, NY.

1871, Mar 22 Owned J. M. Long & William Long, Chicago, IL.

1873 Owned Long & Shaeffer, Chicago, IL.

1880, Apr 20 Enrollment surrendered, Chicago, IL.

1880, Apr 11 & 12 Bound Chicago to Buffalo with wheat, stranded on South Manitou Island. Recovered by tug CAROLINE WILLIAMS and headed for Chicago, lost in route.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Peter J. VanderLinden