Three mysterious canoes! 116624, 131405, and 159345
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Greg Nolan
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 116624 is shown as 16 feet long, AA(top) grade, an Otca model with open mahogany gunwales, Mahogany decks, seats, and thwarts, fitted with a keel, equipped with a floor rack and a bob stay. The canoe was built in 1935-36. The original exterior was painted with Old Town’s design # 10. It was shipped to Chicago, Ill. on March 9, 1936
The Old Town canoe with serial number 131405 is shown as 16 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) grade, a Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, seats, and thwarts, and fitted with a keel. The canoe was built in 1953. The original exterior was painted dark green. It was shipped to Buchanan, Michigan n March 22, 1941.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 159354 is shown as 16 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) grade, a Yankee model, woods not specified, with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, seats, and thwarts, and fitted with a keel. The canoe was built in 1941. The original exterior was painted dark green. It was shipped to West Branch, Michigan on May 25, 1953.
A scan of these build records can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached below.
These scans 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 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 theses descriptions don't match your canoes.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg
The Old Town canoe with serial number 131405 is shown as 16 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) grade, a Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, seats, and thwarts, and fitted with a keel. The canoe was built in 1953. The original exterior was painted dark green. It was shipped to Buchanan, Michigan n March 22, 1941.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 159354 is shown as 16 feet long, CS (common sense or standard) grade, a Yankee model, woods not specified, with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, seats, and thwarts, and fitted with a keel. The canoe was built in 1941. The original exterior was painted dark green. It was shipped to West Branch, Michigan on May 25, 1953.
A scan of these build records can be found by following the link behind the thumbnail image attached below.
These scans 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 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 theses descriptions don't match your canoes.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Greg