Lew's Canoes
Canoe Builder
Please post Build Record for OT #165156 15. Should be AA grade, possibly a 50 Pounder. If not, please try 165166 - numbers are very hard to read. Thanks, Lew
OT Build Record please
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 165156 is a 15 foot long, AA (or top) grade, fifty pound model with a keel and a floor rack. It was built between April and June, 1956. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on July 3rd, 1956 to Perryville, Maryland.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 165166 is a 15 foot long, AA (or top) grade, fifty pound model with a keel. It was built between April and July, 1956. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on August 15th, 1956 to Lockport, New York.
Scans 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 as you probably know well. 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Is there any sign of a floor rack? Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The Old Town canoe with serial number 165166 is a 15 foot long, AA (or top) grade, fifty pound model with a keel. It was built between April and July, 1956. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on August 15th, 1956 to Lockport, New York.
Scans 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 as you probably know well. 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 renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Is there any sign of a floor rack? Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
