CORONA (1896)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CORONA
Year of Build:
1896
Official Number:
103673
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Toronto, ONT
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
Bertram Iron Works
Original Owner:
Niagara Navigation Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
6
Propulsion Notes:
57 & 85 x 66", 1800 hp at 35 rpm engine by Rankin and Blackmore Co., Greenock, Scotland 1887; engine from CIBOLO. 8'9" by 17' boiler, 90 # steam by Inglis and White, Montreal, QUE (1888).
Hull Dimensions
Length:
269.5'
Beam:
32.4'
Depth:
12.5'
Tonnage (gross):
1193
Tonnage (net):
578
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Buffalo, NY. Lake Erie
Date:
1938
How:
Scrapped.
History
Chronology:

Engines were built in Scotland for the CIBOLA (1888) transferred to this vessel when CIBOLA burned.

1913 Owned Canada Steamship Lines. Ran Tononto - Niagara.

1920's Ran Toronto - Hamilton run.

1927 Refitted and ran Toronto - Niagara.

1928 Laid up at Toronto Ship Canal.

1937 Owned Frankel Brother's Ltd, local scrap dealer.

1938 Scrapped.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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