L.A. Hall
Canal Boat · Lost 1878 · Lake Champlain
Her deck load of pig iron broke through her bottom one October midnight in 1878, sending the canal boat L.A. Hall to the bottom of Lake Champlain.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built at Whitehall, New York, in 1867, the standard canal boat L.A. Hall was in tow behind the steam tug John F. Winslow on October 30, 1878, carrying 100 tons of pig iron on deck. Around midnight the iron collapsed her deck and broke through her bottom. Captain Kane and his son escaped moments before she sank. The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum found the wreck in 1994; ROV video of stacked pig iron confirmed her identity.
Vessel
- 1867
- Not established
- Whitehall, New York
- Wood
- 85.5 ft
- 14.7 ft
- Not established
- Towed
- Not established
Loss
- October 30, 1878
- Mechanical failure
- Between Barbers Point, New York, and Potash Point, Vermont
- Lake Champlain
- Not established
- 100 tons of pig iron
- Not established
- 0
- Captain Kane
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- June 22, 1994 (Lake Champlain Maritime Museum sonar survey)
- Not established
Position
- Not established
- Position withheld to protect the site
- Barbers Point, New York
No pin: the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum does not publish this site's position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
Number aboard is not stated in the source reviewed.
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum — Standard Canal Boat L.A. Hall (Wreck II)
Specifications, loss narrative and 1994 sonar/ROV identification read; survey reports not independently inspected.
