GLADYS (1874, Propeller)

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Identification

Vessel name:: GLADYS
Also known as:: NORTHERN BELLE
Year of Build:: 1874
Official Number:: 85422

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Marine City, MI
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: David Lester
Built on Bottom of:: POSSIBLY J.S. ESTABROOK
Original Owner:: Toledo & Saginaw Transportation Co.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 17 + 28 x 21", 270hp engines from steambarge J.S. ESTABROOK (1867) previously in tug DAN RHODES (1855) by Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, MI. 6'11" x 14'5" @68# steam boiler. 8'7" wheel.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 135.4'
Beam:: 22.6'
Depth:: 9.5'
Tonnage (gross):: 513
Tonnage (net):: 337

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Magnetawan River near Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.
Date:: 6 Nov 1896
Final Depth:: 15-20''
How:: Burned.
GPS:: Latitude: N45 degrees 46' 1" Longitude: W80 degrees 35' 20"
Notes:: Passengers taken to Perry Sound by tug.

History

Chronology:

1875, May Launched Marine City, MI.

1875, Jul 6 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1875 Owned Dan Cameron, Collingwood for Georgian Bay Transit Co., later called Great Northern Transit Co.; C71111; 129 x 22.6 x 9.5', 513 gross / 337 net tons; ran Collingwood, ONT - Sault Ste. Marie, ONT with SEYMOUR & SILVER SPRAY.

1876, Nov 1 Renamed NORTHERN BELLE; owned John & Thomas Long et al, Collingwood.

1877 Owned Georgian Bay Transportation Co.

1878 Ran Meaford, ONT, Manitoulin Islands & Sault Ste. Marie, ONT.

1878, Nov Some damage assisting schooner MAPLE LEAF getting away from dock, Meaford.

1879, Oct Fire damage to hurricane deck.

1880, Mar Replaced WAUBUNO on Meaford - Perry Sound, ONT route daily.

1882 Owned Northern Transit Co., Collingwood.

1886, Spr Rebuilt Collingwood.

1896, Nov 6 Burned Lake Huron.

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