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Curious about Wooden Canoes
I just found this old town 16 ' canoe with serial number 149602. Would like to know it's history if possible.
Thank you
Tom
Thank you
Tom
Old town 149602
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The Old Town with serial number 149602 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, HW model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, a keel, and sponsons. It was built between August, 1947 and March, 1948. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It shipped on April 28th, 1948 to Beverly, Massachusetts. The back side of the card shows that there was a previous request for a copy of this information from Waterville Valley, New Hampshire on November 15th, 1973. 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 if this description doesn't match. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions,
Benson
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 if this description doesn't match. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions,
Benson
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Curious about Wooden Canoes
Thank you Benson very fast response. This history is way different from what I was total . It nice to have the real story.
Tom
Tom
