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[larry B Smith]

I am looking for information for old town serial #11003

 

[Benson Gray]

Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 11003 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, HW model with red western cedar planking, closed spruce gunwales, spruce decks, spruce thwarts, spruce seats, spruce outside finish rails, and a keel. It was built between April and June, 1909. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped to Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. 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/join to donate or join.

It is also possible that the canoe could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match. The Carleton and Kennebec canoes with this serial number are both 18 feet long from 1916 for example. Can you provide some pictures of the bow deck and serial numbers from each end? Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson

 

[larry B Smith]

Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 11003 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, HW model with red western cedar planking, closed spruce gunwales, spruce decks, spruce thwarts, spruce seats, spruce outside finish rails, and a keel. It was built between April and June, 1909. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped to Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. 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/join to donate or join.

It is also possible that the canoe could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match. The Carleton and Kennebec canoes with this serial number are both 18 feet long from 1916 for example. Can you provide some pictures of the bow deck and serial numbers from each end? Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson



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[larry B Smith]

Thank you for the quick reply!
Larry