Launch, Gasoline
Name/Title
Launch, GasolineEntry/Object ID
2001.014Description
Launch "Wild Goose" Signature boat for the Antique Boat Museum. When Cleveland E. Dodge gave his Hutchinson Brothers-built high speed launch the name "Wild Goose" in 1928, it had been on the St. Lawrence for 13 years. Other than a few changes of engines from a 150 HP Sterling to the present Chrysler V-8, it did not require major restoration until 1990. Milton Carnegie of Grindstone Island replaced the transom, dash board, keel, forward frames and only one topside board.. Wild Goose is owned in partnership with Cleveland E. Dodge, Jr. and the ABM. (Note as of 7/2008, Wild Goose has been fully donated to ABM). 8/1/2012 - After much deliberation and investigation into the WG files, EVS and LAN have decided that the boat was built in 1915, not 1914 as is variously reported. Sounds like it was built over the winter, which means it would have first gotten wet in 1915. This, henceforth, is the ABM official answer to the question of when the boat was built.Collection
BoatsAcquisition
Accession
2001.014Source or Donor
Rueckert, Joan Dodge, Dodge, Jr., Cleveland E.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Hutchinson Boat WorksDate made
1915Place
Location
Alexandria Bay, NY, USANotes
Early Date: 1915 Propulsion: inboard gasoline Engine: Chrysler 1962 Cylinders: 8 HP: 210Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Old NumberOther Number
2001.666Dimensions
Width
7 ftLength
40 ftLocation
*Cleveland E. Dodge Memorial Launch Building
*Don Doebler Collections Storage Facility
*McNally Yacht House