Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2023 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Velocipede OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 25848 DATE OF LOSS: 27 April 1877 CAUSE OF LOSS: Unknown LOCATION: Lake Michigan, off Kenosha RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: J. Dickie, Menominee, MI - 1869 OWNER(S): Capt. John Davis, Racine MASTER: Capt. John Davis TONNAGE: 10,12 gt DIMENSIONS: 39.60 x 11.00 x 4.3 CASUALTIES: 2 (all) Bound Racine, WI., to Muskegon, MI., empty when she capsized. Reports were uncertain if the small vessel had been run over by a larger vessel or capsized in the gale that blew that night. Her capsized wreck was found on April 30 off Kenosha by the fishing tug EAGLE. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the USLSS - 1877 Wisconsin State Journal - 5 May 1877 Daily Milwaukee News - 1 May 1877