Old Town Yankee
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 174330 is a 16 foot long Otca model with twenty inch decks, half ribs, outside stems, a floor rack, narrow 2 3/4 inch planking, and a bang plate along the full length of the keel. It was built between November, 1964 and August, 1965. The original exterior paint color was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design37.gif which was known as the design number 37. It shipped on August 19th, 1965 to North Stonington, Conn.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 138764 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between November, 1943 and January, 1944. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It was shipped on April 26th, 1944 to the Newark, New Jersey.
Scans of these build records can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below. These scans 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 join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.
It is possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if these descriptions don't match your canoes. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The Old Town canoe with serial number 138764 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between November, 1943 and January, 1944. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It was shipped on April 26th, 1944 to the Newark, New Jersey.
Scans of these build records can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below. These scans 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 join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.
It is possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if these descriptions don't match your canoes. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
