ONTARIO (1839, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ONTARIO
Also known as:
LORD SYDENHAM;MONTREAL
Year of Build:
1839
Official Number:
32910
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Prescott, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Lonson Hillard
Original Owner and Location:
Hon. John Hamilton, Great Britain
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Propulsion Notes:
Machinery from Niagara Dock Company, Niagara, Ontario
Hull Dimensions
Length:
197'
Beam:
25'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
325
Final Disposition
Date:
1863
How:
Broken up
History
Chronology:

1840, April 22 Shaft, crank, beam & cylinders of an engine broke,

Saint Lawrence River

1841 Renamed LORD SYDENHAM

1843, May 29 Struck & sunk steamer QUEEN, Saint Lawrence River

1846 Sank, Lake Saint Peter; raised

1846, October 22 Suffered explosion, Port Saint Francis, Quebec (?),

10 lost

1847 Owned William & George Tate, Montreal, Quebec; rebuilt, 235 x 23

x 8', 324 tons old style

1855 Boiler exploded, 4 crewmen killed

1855 Owned John Wilson, Senior, Montreal; rebuilt, 215 x 33 x 10',

1005 tons old style, renamed MONTREAL, C32910

1857, June 25 Exploded & burned to waterline, Cap Rouge, Quebec, 253

killed

1863, March 17 Registry closed, "broken up"; last owned John Molson,

et.al., Montreal

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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