Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Collection

	ABBY
	Year of Build: 1847	Official Number: CANADIAN
	Also Known As:

CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP

Build City:

Oswego

Build State:

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Number of Decks:

Hull Materials:

Wood

Hull #:

Builder Name:

Captain Ambrose Morgan

Master Carpenter:

Built on Bottom of:

Original Owner:

Matthews & Morgan

Location:

Oswego, NY

Ownership Notes:

POWER

Sail

Number of Masts:

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Engine Type:

# Cylinders:

# Boilers:

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Propulsion Notes:

DIMENSIONS

Length:

Tonnage (old style):

200

Beam:

Tonnage (gross):

Depth:

Tonnage (net):

Capacity:

FINAL DISPOSITION

Final Location:

Final Date:

[month] 5 [day] 10 [year] 1851

Final Depth:

Final Dispostion How:

Wrecked at Sodus, NY

Final Cargo:

5300 bushels wheat

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HISTORY AND NOTES

History:

1847 Jul Launched.

1848 Jul 3 Arrived Buffalo from Saginaw with lumber (Capt. White).

1851 Jan 6 Grounded at Sodus, with cargo of wheat.

1851 Oct 5 Ashore at Black River, ONT with cargo of coal, owned by
Henry Matthews, Oswego,NY.

1851 Oct 5 Wrecked at Sodus, NY.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Newspaper Clippings

Unique ID:

782

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