S/N History requested
- Thread starter rondon
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Hi Rondon,
Both of those numbers are 15 footers.
#71186 Is a 15' CS (Common Sense or middle) Grade 50 Pound Model with western red cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, ash decks, thwarts & seat frames. It was equipped with a keel and floor rack, painted dark green and shipped to Graterford, PA. in 1922.
#771188 is a 15' CS Grade HW (heavy Water) Model with western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales and birch decks, thwarts and seat frames. It too, was equipped with a keel and floor rack and painted dark green. It was shipped to Glens Falls, NY in 1922.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. This scan and several hundred thousand others 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Providing photographs would help with identification, as would an accurate measurement of the boat's
length.
Dan
Daniel Eaton
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com
Both of those numbers are 15 footers.
#71186 Is a 15' CS (Common Sense or middle) Grade 50 Pound Model with western red cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, ash decks, thwarts & seat frames. It was equipped with a keel and floor rack, painted dark green and shipped to Graterford, PA. in 1922.
#771188 is a 15' CS Grade HW (heavy Water) Model with western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales and birch decks, thwarts and seat frames. It too, was equipped with a keel and floor rack and painted dark green. It was shipped to Glens Falls, NY in 1922.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. This scan and several hundred thousand others 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Providing photographs would help with identification, as would an accurate measurement of the boat's
length.
Dan
Daniel Eaton
smallboat shop
Denmark, Maine
www.smallboat-shop.com
