Year of Build:

1875

Official Number:

71216

Built at:

Port Edward, ONT

Vessel Type:

Ferry

Note: Rail car ferry; has 3 tracks to carry 24 cars.

Hull Materials:

Iron

Builder Name:

John H. Smith

Original Owner and Location:

Grand Trunk Railroad, Montreal, QUE.

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

# Cylinders:

2

# Boilers:

2

# Propellers:

2

Propulsion Notes:

Two 30 x 30" 900hp at 80rpm engine by Wilson & McFarlane Iron Works, Dundas, ONT (1875).

Length:

238' 5"

Beam:

53' 9"

Depth:

12' 8"

Tonnage (gross):

1052

Tonnage (net):

688

Final Location:

Detroit River.

Date:

16 Mar 1976

How:

Sank.

1875, Jun 3 Launched Saint Edward, ONT; cost $200,000; designed to run with INTERNATIONAL between Point Edward & Fort Gratiot; fabricated in England.

1875, Nov 30 Registered Sarnia, ONT.

1878, Jun 4 Collision with schooner J.P. MARCH, St. Clair River.

1888 Reboilered, 2 Scotch 10' x 10'6" boilers at 100# steam.

1898 Refurbished Windsor, ONT; rearranged for 2 tracks; ran Detroit - Winsor with LANSDOWNIE & GREAT WESTERN for Wabash.

1901, Apr 12 Struck boulder in Detroit River, sank in her slip; raised.

1901, Aug 20 Sank Windsor slip.

1913 Reboilered, 2 Scotch 10' 10.25" x 12" at 120# steam by Detroit Ship Building.

1923 Spare to LANSDOWNIE in Detroit - Windsor shuttle; generated steam for railroad yard facilities, Windsor in winter.

1976, Mar 16 Sank Detroit River; oldest active steamer in North America for many years.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie