Mark Neuzil
Paddler
The boat is pretty beat up, but the serial number looks like 33172 17 or possibly 83172 17. Can you guys work your magic on the build record? Thanks!
Old Town ID, please
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 33172 is 18 feet long and shipped to New York City so that isn't a good match. The one with number 83172 is a 17 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Charles River model with red western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between early 1924 and February, 1925. The original exterior paint color was dark red. It shipped on March 31st, 1925 to Iowa City, Iowa. 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 join.
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 join.
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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Mark Neuzil
Paddler
Benson, you are the best. Thanks! The boat still resides in Iowa City. The dark red color is still on the boat.
