CITY OF TORONTO (1895, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CITY OF TORONTO
Year of Build:
1895
Official Number:
94769
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Owen Sound, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Melancthon (John) Simpson.
Original Owner and Location:
North Shore Navigation Co., Collingwood, ONT.
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Vertical Beam (Walking Beam)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
32 x 96", 300hp @ 30rpm vertical beam engine from MANITOU (1877) by Beauchemin, Sorel. 8'6" x 16', 80# firebox boiler.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
150'
Beam:
24'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (gross):
782
Tonnage (net):
492
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Cornwall, ONT.
St. Lawrence River.




Date:
4 Apr 1914
How:
Sunk at dock.
Notes:
Sank at dock & subsequently abandoned. 1916 Broken up, Montreal, QUE.
History
Chronology:

1895, Apr Launched at Owen Sound.

1898 Sunk Cornwall Canal, St Lawrence River.

1908 Owned Mrs. Oliver Gillespie, Cornwall, ONT, to run Cornwall - Montreal.

1914 Owned A. Viau.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Great Lakes Register
John O. Greenwood
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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