Old Town Build Record Request

NickD

Recreational Sander
Hello, can I please get the build record for 4252 17?

Thanks
 

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The Old Town canoe with serial number 4252 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, HW (heavy water) model that was billed as an IF (Indian Fishing) model with a keel, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, closed spruce gunwales, a board backrest, and two spruce paddles that were five feet long. It was built between January and March, 1906. The original exterior paint color dead grass with a "T" in a triangle on the right and left sides of the bow. It shipped on April 4th, 1906 to Concord, New Hampshire. A scan of this build record can be found below.

This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. 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 donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or renew.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer this description doesn't match the canoe. Please post some more pictures. Feel free to reply if you have any other questions.

Benson



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