WINONA (1902, Propeller)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Stanley, ONT
Vessel Type:: Propeller; Note: passenger propeller Straight stem & counter stern
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Captain John Ellison
Original Owner and Location:: The Navigation Company, Port Stanley, Ontario

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 12 & 24 x 16", 24hp engine by John Doty Engine Works, Goderich, Ontario (1902) Boiler fueled by wood, c1934 into tug CAPTAIN JIM

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Spragge, Ontario, North Channel, Lake Huron
Date:: 16 Nov 1931
How:: Burned
Notes:: Burned to total loss at her wharf Machineries salvaged in 1932 Engine scrapped in 1934

History

Chronology:

1902-1906 Operatd in local excursion service on Lake Erie

1906, April 26 Owned Playfair & Preston of Milling & Lumber Company,

Midland, Ontario

1907, March 28 Owned James Purvis, et.al., Gore Bay, Ontario; operated

as mail boat, passenger & packet carrier on North

Channel of Lake Huron

1908, May Suffered rudder problem off Cockburn Island, Ontario,

Georgian Bay; ran aground on Cape Burley a week later

1918, Winter Rebuilt at Wiarton, Ontario by Robert Nimo & Dobson;

10 staterooms added, boiler turned around;