Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-11-2 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of schooners HELEN PRATT and CONQUEST at dock east of Wells Street bridge in Chicago, Illinois. Steamers MARK B. COVELL and COLIN CAMPBELL underway behind schooners. Stern and starboard quarter views of all vessels in 1888. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1888 |
Place |
Chicago, IL |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: MARK B. COVELL Official number: 92006 Other names: PERE MARQUETTE 6 (1906-1938) Build date: 1888 Builder: Burger & Burger Place of build: Manitowoc, WI Dimensions: 130.75 x 26.66 x 9.66 Gross Tonnage: 261.0 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: Rebuilt in 1906 at Milwaukee, WI (130.75 x 28.66 x 17.42 and 371 gross tons). Dimension change, 1926 (130.75 x 26.66 x 9.66 and 341 gross tons). Reduced to lighter barge, 1935 (246 gross tons). Ownership changes: None available Other history: None available Disposition: Turned over to city of Manitowoc, WI and burned as spectacle at their centennial, 7/5/1936. Vessel name: COLIN CAMPBELL Official number: 5719 Other names: EMBURY (1901-1903) Build date: 1869 Builder: Linn & Craig Place of build: Gibraltar, MI Dimensions: 158.58 x 30.16 x 11.33 Gross Tonnage: 373.00 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: None available Ownership changes: Western Transportation Co. (1873-1874) William H. Ingram & Joseph W. Dennis (1874-1875) William H. Ingram (1875-1876) M. Englemann (1876-1880) John Cochrane, et al. (1880-1889) Oleif Anderson, et al. (1889-1892) Ole Hanson (1892-1893) Olief Anderson, et al. (1893-1900) William L. Martin (1900-1904) Other history: 1882 sunk schooner L.B. WILSON in collision near Racine, WI. Nov 1900 picked up waterlogged SOPHIA J. LUFF in Straits after gale & towed to Chicago. 1901 burned in winter quarters, Cheboygan. Disposition: Burned at Grand Island, New York, Niagara River, on December 4, 1903. Vessel name: HELEN PRATT Official number: 5173 Other names: None available Build date: 1870 (1879?) Builder: George Notter Place of build: Buffalo, NY Dimensions: 115.4 x 26.0 x 9.0 Gross Tonnage: 212.28 Vessel Rig: Schooner Rebuild info: Measured in 1882 at 194.0 gross tons. Ownership changes: None available Other history: None available Disposition: Stranded north of Big Sable Point, Lake Michigan, 10/28/1892. No lives lost. Vessel name: CONQUEST Official number: 4582 Other names: None available Build date: 1853 Builder: Diodat Rogers Place of build: Olcott, NY Dimensions: 110.0 x 21.8 x 8.3 Gross Tonnage: 183.0 Vessel Rig: Schooner Rebuild info: Remeasured in 1865 at 150 gross tons. Ownership changes: None available Other history: None available Disposition: Abandoned and scuttled off Sheboygan, WI, in 1899. |
Other number |
Volume K |
Size of original |
8" x 10" |
Search Terms |
harbor COVELL, MARK B. CAMPBELL, COLIN PRATT, HELEN CONQUEST Chicago, IL schooner Steamer |
Credit line |
Carus Collection Donated by Henry N. Barkhausen |
Provenance |
Materials in this collection were collected and compiled by Great Lakes ship captain Edward Carus of Manitowoc over a period of more than 50 years. Captain Carus began his career on the Great Lakes sailing on schooners and spent many years as a captain for the Goodrich Line before retiring. During his career, he researched and recorded the maritime heritage of the areas where he sailed, particularly the western shore of Lake Michigan. Captain Carus worked for ten years with Edwin Schuette, also from Manitowoc, and Mr. Schuette also contributed to the collection. In 1937, Captain Carus had fallen on hard times, his wife was bedridden and they were in need of money. Although Captain Carus desired his extensive collection to stay in Manitowoc, neither the City of Manitowoc nor Mr. Schuette was willing to purchase it at the time. Instead, Henry N. Barkhausen purchased it and kept it in his personal collection for more than 40 years before donating it to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in 1981, returning it to Manitowoc. Edwin Schuette passed his portion of the collection to his son, Henry Schuette, who then donated his portion to the museum in 1981 as well. |