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The Old Town canoe with serial number 28008 is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, HW (Heavy Water) model with red western cedar planking, closed spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, a keel, and sponsons. It was built between July, 1913 and May, 1914. The original exterior paint color was dark red. It shipped on May 26th, 1914 to South Poland, Maine.
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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to join.
You may have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Please post some pictures of the deck and reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to join.
You may have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Please post some pictures of the deck and reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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Thank you. Is there any way to get a full size scan so I could print it out? Also, I was looking at a couple of other build sheets.....what was the reason for choosing the wood used? Customer or what was handy at the time of build, or a combination?
Brad
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White cedar ribs and red cedar planking is normal. Earlier canoes may have all white cedar ribs and planking, but as white became more in demand and more scare, canoe companies like OT began using red cedar for planking. CS grade means non-mahogany. In CS canoes, OT used spruce (fairly light, tough, flexible) for gunwales and a variety of hardwoods for decks/thwarts/seats including oak, ash, birch, maple, etc. Birch is a strong, nice-looking, tight-grained wood, but can rot easily if kept damp.
White cedar ribs and red cedar planking is normal. Earlier canoes may have all white cedar ribs and planking, but as white became more in demand and more scare, canoe companies like OT began using red cedar for planking. CS grade means non-mahogany. In CS canoes, OT used spruce (fairly light, tough, flexible) for gunwales and a variety of hardwoods for decks/thwarts/seats including oak, ash, birch, maple, etc. Birch is a strong, nice-looking, tight-grained wood, but can rot easily if kept damp.
