WELLAND (1853, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WELLAND
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Bath, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Length:
140'
Beam:
25'
Tonnage (old style):
300 or 137
Final Disposition
Final Location:
At dock, Port Dalhousie, Ontario, Lake Ontario
Date:
15 Aug 1856
How:
Burned
Notes:
Owned by Port Dalhousie & Thorold Railroad Company Rebuilt in 1857 or 1858 as schooner or bark ARCTIC by Alex Muir at Port Dalhousie
History
Chronology:

1853 Rebuilt at St.Catharines, Ontario by Louis Shickluna for Hugh

Donaldson, St.Catharines; 184 x 31 x 8, 300 tons; beam engine,

56 x 132", Thomas Towers Iron Works, St.Catharines' also reported

built at Bath, Ontario & owned by William Donaldson & Company

1856 Owned by town of St.Catharines

1856, August 15 Burned at Port Dalhousie, Ontario

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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