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The Old Town canoe with serial number 176053 is a 16 foot long Otca model with a keel. It was built between April and August, 1966. The original exterior paint color was red. It was shipped on August 16th, 1966 to Pittsburgh.
The Old Town and Carleton build records for serial number 13060 both show 18 foot long canoes so those don't match the 16 in the serial number that you provided. Can you double check the serial numbers and confirm the length of this canoe? Posting pictures of the numbers and surrounding areas in both ends could help. Some of the tips described at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?791 may also help. The canoe with number 130607 may be the one as shown below.
Scan of these build records can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below. These scans 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/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.
It is also possible that they could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The Old Town and Carleton build records for serial number 13060 both show 18 foot long canoes so those don't match the 16 in the serial number that you provided. Can you double check the serial numbers and confirm the length of this canoe? Posting pictures of the numbers and surrounding areas in both ends could help. Some of the tips described at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?791 may also help. The canoe with number 130607 may be the one as shown below.
Scan of these build records can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below. These scans 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/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.
It is also possible that they could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 134060 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, oak decks, oak thwarts, oak seats, and a keel. It was built between November, 1941 and February, 1942. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It was shipped on May 8th, 1942 to the Pittsburgh, Penna. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached below.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Canoes with a family history are always especially nice. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Canoes with a family history are always especially nice. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
