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ABYSSINIA |
| Year of Build: 1896 |
Official Number: US107221 |
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| CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP |
| Build City: | West Bay City |
Build State: | MI |
| Vessel Type: | Schooner-barge |
Number of Decks: | 2 |
| Hull Materials: | Wood |
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| Builder Name: | James Davidson & Co |
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| Built on Bottom of: | |
| Original Owner: | James Davidson |
| Location: | West Bay City, MI |
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| POWER |
| Powered By: | Sail |
| Number of Masts: | 4 |
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| DIMENSIONS |
| Length: | 288.6 |
Tonnage (old style): | |
| Beam: | 44.6 |
Tonnage (gross): | 2037 |
| Depth: | 19.1 |
Tonnage (net): | 1916 |
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| FINAL DISPOSITION |
| Final Location: | 3 miles west of Buffalo, NY on Tecumseh Reef, Lake Erie. |
| Final Date: |
[month] 18
[day] 10
[year] 1917
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| Final Depth: | |
| Final Dispostion How: | Stranded |
| Final Cargo: | Wheat |
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| Final Notes: | Owner Hutchinson & Co.. In tow of MARUBA. Abandoned as total loss.
Wreck located in 1962. |
| HISTORY AND NOTES |
| History: | One of largest wooden vessels ever built.
1900 Owned at Duluth.
1900, Nov 3 Damaged in storm.
1901, Nov CITY OF GLASGOW towed ABYSSINIA.
1906 Seaman Ben Larson lost overboard Lake Superior near Michigan Island.
1912 E.M. PECK towed ABYSSINIA
1917, Dec 18 Wrecked near Buffalo, NY. |
| From the Collection of: |
C. Patrick Labadie |
| Sources: | William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
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| Unique ID: | 966 |
| IMAGE GALLERY (click any image to see a larger view) |
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