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- Thread starter MackyM
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Greg Nolan
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Macky -- The Old Town canoe with serial number 153657 is 15 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) grade, a 50 Pound model with Maine cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, and was equipped with a keel – the “Dolphinite” entry probably means that the keel was set in Dolphinite bedding compound. It was built in 1949-50, being finished on August 4, 1950. The exterior was originally painted with dark green enamel. It was shipped on September 6, 1950 to Jacksonville, Fla. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached below.
This scan and several hundred thousand others 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/ot_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-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html 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.
Greg
This scan and several hundred thousand others 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/ot_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-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html 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.
Greg
