150 years ago these Lumber Schooners were the Semi Trucks of the day. They were a common sight in the Saginaw and Tawas Area.
Images of the Great Lakes maritime history
A Great Lakes Lumber Schooner.
The Lucinda with a load of lumber from the sawmill
Five Great Lakes Lumber Schooners
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Name |
Lumberman |
Alvin Clark |
Fleetwing |
Rouse Simmons |
Burt Barnes |
|
Type of Ship |
3-masted Schooner |
Schooner |
Schooner |
3-masted Schooner |
Schooner |
|
Date Built |
1862 |
1846-47 |
1867 |
1868 |
1882 |
|
Place Built |
Blendon Landing, MI |
Truago (Trenton), MI |
Manitowoc, WI |
Milwaukee, WI |
Manitowoc, WI |
|
Date Sunk |
1893 |
1864 |
1888 |
1912 |
1926 |
|
Place Sunk |
Oak Creek, WI |
Green Bay, WI |
Green Bay, WI |
Two Rivers, WI |
Lake Ontario |
|
Length |
127 ft |
105 ft, 8 in |
136 ft |
123.5 ft |
95.42 ft |
|
Breadth |
24 ft |
24 ft, 4 in |
28.5 ft |
27.6 ft |
24.42 ft |
|
Depth |
7 ft |
9 ft, 4 in |
11.6 ft |
8.4 ft |
7.25 ft |
|
Tonnage |
160 gross tons, 152 net tons, 204 tons (old style) |
218 tons (old style) |
426 tons (old style) |
205 gross tons, 195 net tons |
134 gross tons, 127 net tons |
|
Centerboard |
2, Centered |
1, Offset-port |
1, Centered |
2, Centered (?) |
1, Centered(?) |
Schooner Burt Barnes built in 1882 LOA 95 ft draft board up 7.25 ft
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