Old Town 156855 15’
- Thread starter Dbarrett
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Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town with serial number 156855 is a 15 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, special square end canoe model with red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, half ribs, a keel, outside stems, sponsons, and a rowing seat. It was built between December, 1951 and September, 1952. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on February, 10th, 1953 to Knoxville, Tennessee. A scan showing 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. 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/pricing-plans/join to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match. The link below shows a similar canoe that shipped to the same location a few years earlier. 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. 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/pricing-plans/join to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match. The link below shows a similar canoe that shipped to the same location a few years earlier. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
My guess is that you have serial number 156655. This is a 15 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, fifty pound model with a keel. It was built between November, 1951 and January, 1952. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It was shipped on June 16th, 1952 to New Canaan, Connecticut. A scan showing this build record can be found below.
It is 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. Good luck with the restoration,
Benson
It is 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. Good luck with the restoration,
Benson
