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Box Stove 2011 by SRHF on Sketchfab
Location: Near Cape
Vincent, NY
GPS: na
Depth: na
Bottom: Rocks and mud Access:
Boat
Level: na Year built: 1850s –
1870s
Build at: na
Vessel Type Sloop or Schooner?
Hull:
wood
Builder:
Propulsion: Sail Length:
52 feet.
Beam: 14 ft.
Depth of hold: 5 ft.
Tonnage: 596
Date of loss: 1880’s
Cause: sunk
Site:
The Box Stove wreck was found in 2011 by Dennis McCarthy and
Skip Couch. Its name and origin are
unknown as of the publishing of this book. The wreck is a sloop that appears to
have been de-masted after it was sunk. Information indicates that it was build
some time after 1850 and before the 1880s.
The major feature of the wreck is an iron box stove and the
nearly intact drop centerboard still in its box. The site is listed with New
York State Historic Preservation as an archeological site.
History
“The History of American Sailing Ships” by Howard Chapelle
traces the origins of American Sloops from the ‘Bermuda Sloop’, a distinctive
design of the colonial period, to the ‘Hudson River Sloops’ of the 1850’s.
Although large numbers of sloops sailed on the Great Lakes
not much is known about their designs. The Great Lakes Sloops were rigged with
a fore-and-aft sail and their single mast were small and usually less than
sixty feet in length. In the first half of the nineteenth century much of the
commerce on the lakes was from ports in small rivers, bays, or harbors where
the water was shallow. Sloops were well suited for these locations taking
advantage of their great maneuverability and small size. By mid-century, due to
the enlargements of ports and canals, two and three masted schooners became the
predominant vessels for commerce due to their larger cargo capacities. Small
steam ships replaced the commercial sloop before the end of the century
