AMOSKEAG (Marker #18)
Introduction
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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.
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Marker #18 AMOSKEAG
AMOSKEAG rebuilt/renamed HORACE TABER
Backstory and Context
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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
Sources
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.
St. Clair Historical Museum and Research Center
Great Lakes Maritime Database and photo archives, Great Lakes Maritime Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library