Old town 102087

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Curious about Wooden Canoes
Good morning, I recently purchased what I believe to be an Old town double ended rowboat. The serial number 102087......16 is faint. I hope I read the digits correctly. The boat is in good shape and useable as is.
Thank you for your efforts , Denny
 
Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town with serial number 102087 is a 16 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, double ended boat model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, a keel, and outside stems. It was built in June, 1929. The original exterior paint color was light green. It shipped to Center Harbor, New Hampshire on July 2nd, 1929. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.

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This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson
 
Benson, thank you very much for the build record. I just joined WCHA the other day and look forward being a member.
Denny
 
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