AMOSKEAG (Marker #18)

The tiles on this marker present an illustration of the 135 ft. wooden schooner AMOSKEAG. It was one of the first boats built by Simon Langell in his St. Clair shipyards. As a schooner, the AMOSKEAG was usually towed by a steamer, initially the ROBERT HOLLAND, as part of the iron ore trade from the mines near Marquette, Michigan to the steel mills of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1883, the two-masted AMOSKEAG was re-built to a three-masted schooner and renamed the HORACE TABER. The boat continued carrying iron ore for another 39 years until she was stranded on Four Mile Point on Simcoe Island in Lake Ontario and became a total loss. 

Vessel Name: AMOSKEAG

Official Number: 1123

Rig: Schooner

Vessel Length: 135.00 feet

Vessel Width: 26.00 feet

Vessel Depth: 10.25 feet

Gross Tonnage: 243.94

Net Tonnage: Not known

Hull Material: Wood

Builder: Simon Langell

Notes:

1867 -- First enrollment issued at Port Huron, Michigan, (M(ay 10, 1867

1872 – towed by ROBT. HOLLAND Marquette & Cleveland ore trade

1874 – New decks

1876 – sold to Swenson, Chicago, April 20, 1883

Remeasured 138.42 feet long, 27 feet wide, 9.5 feet deep

268.49 gross tonnage, 255.07 net tonnage

1883 – Renamed HORANCE TABER rebuilt and convert to three (3) mast

1907 – Remeasured 138.42 feet long, 26.5 feet wide, 9.33 feet deep

 262.00 gross tonnage, 235.00 net tonnage

1911 – April 24 sold to H. Daryaw, Kingston, Ontario

Canadian Registration: C130324

135.66 feet long, 26.5 feet wide, 9.66 feet deep

236 gross tonnage

1922 – November 27, stranded on Four Mile Point, Simcoe Island, Ontario, Lake Ontario

and became a total loss

Great Lakes Maritime Database and photo archives, Great Lakes Maritime Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. “Shipbuilding in St. Clair,” Research Binder, Ships File Cabinet, St. Clair Historical Museum and Research Center archives.