Old Town rowing canoe # 16816

[ScottSutcliffe]

Can anyone provide information about this canoe

 

[Benson Gray]

It will take more than a serial number alone to identify your canoe. The Old Town, Carleton, and Kennebec canoes with serial number 16816 are all 17 feet long. The Old Town from 1911 and the Carleton from 1930 both had sponsons which often had oarlocks mounted on the top for rowing. Can you take some pictures of the numbers and surrounding area from each end and post them here to see if there may be any hidden digits? The tips at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?791 may also help. Many other builders used a similar numbering scheme. Some pictures of the decks, interior, and the rest of the canoe may also help identify it. It would also be good to confirm the extreme overall length of your canoe in a straight line as well. Thanks,

Benson

 

[ScottSutcliffe]

Rowing Canoe

It will take more than a serial number alone to identify your canoe. The Old Town, Carleton, and Kennebec canoes with serial number 16816 are all 17 feet long. The Old Town from 1911 and the Carleton from 1930 both had sponsons which often had oarlocks mounted on the top for rowing. Can you take some pictures of the numbers and surrounding area from each end and post them here to see if there may be any hidden digits? The tips at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?791 may also help. Many other builders used a similar numbering scheme. Some pictures of the decks, interior, and the rest of the canoe may also help identify it. It would also be good to confirm the extreme overall length of your canoe in a straight line as well. Thanks,

Benson

I will take and send images. Stay tuned

 

[ScottSutcliffe]

Phito

Here's a photo. serial #116816.

 

[Benson Gray]

My guess is that you have the Old Town canoe with serial number 116816. This is an 18 foot long, square end paddling model with white Maine cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, ash decks, spruce thwarts, spruce seats, half ribs, a keel, outside stems, and a rowing seat. It was built between December, 1935 and March, 1936. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on April, 9th, 1936 to Binghamton, New York. A scan showing this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image 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/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/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to 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

 

[ScottSutcliffe]

Rowing Canoe

My guess is that you have the Old Town canoe with serial number 116816. This is an 18 foot long, square end paddling model with white Maine cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, ash decks, spruce thwarts, spruce seats, half ribs, a keel, outside stems, and a rowing seat. It was built between December, 1935 and March, 1936. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on April, 9th, 1936 to Binghamton, New York. A scan showing this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image 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/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/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to 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

Thanks you for quick and extremely helpful response. I've got several other antique Old Town canoes for which I'd love the same level of information if convenient. If okay, I will send the info along another day.
-Scott