CARRIE CLARK

CARRIE CLARK

Ship CARRIE CLARK in Waldoboro, Maine at Castner's, Storer's Wharf (East Side of River) in 1878 reverse has notes on ships built Waldoboro crossed out original title was NANTASKET, Built in Waldoboro 1882 identified as CARRIE CLARK on front, confirmed with name on stern.  Ira Augustus Storer was the sole captain under American ownership. Between 1875 and 1878 the  Carrie Clark was engaged solely in the California trade. After 1878, the ship became a coal carrier between British Columbia and San Francisco. Carrie Clark had the dubious distinction of running afoul of the newly-strung cables on the Brooklyn Bridge while they were building that engineering marvel. The ship’s for and main topgallant masts were sheared away while Carrie Clark was being towed up river.In 1883, Carrie Clark was sold to Germans, renamed Anna, and continued trading for some twenty years across the Atlantic between east coast ports and Europe. Bought again by the Luckenbachs, Carrie Clark was shorn of its rig and converted into a barge. A collision sank the ship in 1921.