Also known as:

A. SEAMAN

Year of Build:

1873

Official Number:

71244

Built at:

Buffalo, NY

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Haight & Co.

Original Owner and Location:

E. Armstrong, St. Catharines, ONT

Propulsion:

Screw

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Length:

61.5'

Beam:

14'

Depth:

6.3'

Tonnage (gross):

45

Tonnage (net):

24

Final Location:

Cape Croker, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.

Date:

5 Sep 1905

How:

Burned.

1878 Owned Samuel Hopkins, Pt. Colborne, ONT.

1882 Owned Hanna & McCopins, Toronto.

1894 Rebuilt, 69.5 x 15.2 x 7.2'; 76 gross tons/52 net tons; renamed A. SEAMAN.

1906, Dec 21 Registration closed, "ship totally lost 1905 Sep 5"

1906 Possibly rebuilt as PROPELLER CITY OF MEAFORD 328 gross tons; unlikely, considering size differences.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley