AFRICA (1873, Propeller)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Low Pressure
# Cylinders:: 1
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: Engine: 36 x 30"; 35 HP; Davidson & Doran, Kingston, ONT, 1872. Engine from CHINA. Engine compounded in 1891. 32.6' engine-room.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 15 Miles south of Cove Island Light
Georgian Bay, Lake Huron
Date:: 7 Oct 1895
How:: Foundered
Final Cargo:: Coal & misc. freight
Notes:: Bound Ashtabula, OH for Owen Sound, ONT. Was towing schooner SEVERN; struck reef, broken up & foundered; SEVERN was let go & disappeared.

History

Chronology:

1873, May 11 First launched.

Sailed in Merchants Line.

1874-1882 Operated between Montreal, QUE & Chicago, IL.

1877, Jun 5 Readmeasured; 125.7 x 23.6'; 652.02 gross tons/403.59 net tons.

1886 Owned Mrs. A. R. Christie, Toronto, ONT.

1886, Apr 15 Burned Owen Sound, ONT, Lake Huron.

1887, May Rebuilt as steam barge by J. Simpson, Owen Sound, ONT.

148 x 26 x 13'; 485 gross tons/360 net tons.

1895, Oct 7 Foundered off Cove Island, Georgian Bay.

1896, Dec 8 Registration closed.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Canadian Registers; C. Patrick Labadie; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University; H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley