LORD ELGIN (1848, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
LORD ELGIN
Also known as:
MONTREAL;LORD ELGIN
Year of Build:
1848
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, QUE
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Note: Carvel built, round stern.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Augustin Cantin
Original Owner and Location:
John Kennedy et al., Montreal, QUE.
Ownership Notes:
Mission Failivya & Co, Montreal.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Length:
155'
Beam:
23'
Depth:
8.4'
Tonnage (old style):
51.15
Final Disposition
Date:
1873
How:
Wrecked.
History
Chronology:

Operated on Upper St. Lawrence River & Lake Ontario.

1848, Jul 27 First registered Montreal, QUE.

1851 Broke walking beam near Brockville, ONT. on St. Lawrence River, pieces fell through dining room roof.

1852, Jan 27 Owned Michel Wilson Brown, Hamilton, ONT.

1855 Renamed MONTREAL.

1856 Renamed LORD ELGIN.

1856, Oct Aground Duck Island, Lake Ontario.

1856, Dec 4 Aground Long Point, Lake Ontario with flour.

1860 Owned Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Co., Ogdensburg, NY; 339 old style tons.

1863 Owned American Steamboat Co, Oswego, NY.

1869 214 gross tons, 51 net tons.

1873 Owned Canadian Island Steam Navigation Co.; later wrecked, registry closed.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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