serial #1208
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This number is lower than most of the known serial number records so it will need to be identified by other characteristics. Can you post some pictures of the serial numbers from each end, the bow deck area, the interior, and some overall pictures. It would also be helpful to know the extreme length, width, and depth in a straight line. Thanks,
Benson
Benson
Serial # 1203 (not 8!)
The extreme length of the canoe is 17' with the width 36" at mid thwart, height at mid thwart 12". The height at bow 20" and height at stern 19" (these dimensions are 2-3" shorter than original. I had the ends chopped and re-decked due to rot from upside down storage).
I bought this canoe from a man in his 80's 35 years ago. He also bought it as a young man from another elderly man. The man I bought it from said he proposed to his wife-to-be in this canoe with a wind up Victrola on board. The number 1203 is stamped on the inner floor stem 8" from the proximal to middle end. It was re-canvassed once. When that wore out, I intended to re-strip and glass it. Someone wisely told me to investigate its origins first. So I took patterns and make the one with help you see pictured.
The extreme length of the canoe is 17' with the width 36" at mid thwart, height at mid thwart 12". The height at bow 20" and height at stern 19" (these dimensions are 2-3" shorter than original. I had the ends chopped and re-decked due to rot from upside down storage).
I bought this canoe from a man in his 80's 35 years ago. He also bought it as a young man from another elderly man. The man I bought it from said he proposed to his wife-to-be in this canoe with a wind up Victrola on board. The number 1203 is stamped on the inner floor stem 8" from the proximal to middle end. It was re-canvassed once. When that wore out, I intended to re-strip and glass it. Someone wisely told me to investigate its origins first. So I took patterns and make the one with help you see pictured.
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The deck indicates that it could be from the St. Louis Meramec Canoe Co. in Valley Park, Missouri as described at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/meramec/deck.jpg unless this is a replacement. More details are available at http://forums.wcha.org/knowledgebase/Manufacturers:St+Louis+Meramec+Canoe+Company here.
Benson
Benson
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It appears to be a St. Louis Boat and Canoe Company canoe. The St. Louis Meramec Canoe Company changed the name in 1930. The stem number would indicate that it was built in the mid-1930's. Wally hauck has better records on the stem numbers and should be able to better pinpoint the date.
Would you please take detailed pictures of the seats, seat spacers, twarts and the stem as it curves toward the deck. This will help us better determine if it is a SLBCC.
Also, would you please provide as much history on the canoe as you might have. We are compiling as much date on the campany as we can find. Wally and I live in St. Louis and we have been researching the company for a few years.
Thanks
John Strasser
Would you please take detailed pictures of the seats, seat spacers, twarts and the stem as it curves toward the deck. This will help us better determine if it is a SLBCC.
Also, would you please provide as much history on the canoe as you might have. We are compiling as much date on the campany as we can find. Wally and I live in St. Louis and we have been researching the company for a few years.
Thanks
John Strasser
