IDA (1864, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
IDA
Year of Build:
1864
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Dalhousie, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Donaldson & Andrews
Original Owner and Location:
Donaldson & Andrews, Port Dalhousie, ONT
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Engine Type:
Low Pressure
Hull Dimensions
Length:
134'
Beam:
16.7'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
250
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Owen Sound, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron.
Date:
29 Mar 1878
How:
Burned
History
Chronology:

1865 Renamed SILVER SPRAY.

1865 Sailed Lake Ontario, Toronto to Port Dalhousie.

1866 Owned Moore & Pelter, Goderich, Ontario; ran Goderich to

Southampton.

1866, November Shaft broken in gale opposite Baie Du Dore, Bruce

County, Ontario.

1867 Repaired.

1868 New boilers; ran Goderich to Kincardine, Ontario.

1868, Oct Scuttled near Chantry Island to prevent wrecking.

1868, Dec Broke shaft off Southampton.

1869 Owned Deltor & Company, Port Dalhousie, Ontario;

173 gross/142 net tons.

1869, Aug 13 Bound Sarnia to Goderich, sunk in collision with prop

COMET off Port Huron light.

1869, Sep Raised; towed to Sarnia Bay.

1870, Nov Owned William Eberts, Chatham; rebuilt by Clarks at

Detroit; ran Sarnia to Goderich & Kincardine.

1872, Apr Owned Port Dalhousie; ran Toronto to Owen Sound.

1872, Oct 30 Broke walking beam.

1873, Apr Sold by John O'Neil to Milloy; ran Niagara to Toronto.

1874, Jun False sides added at Detroit, Michigan; ran Meaford,

Ontario to Soo.

1875 Ran Collingwood to Sault Ste. Marie.

1876, Sep Accident to wheel.

1877 Owned H.S. Robinson, Owen Sound.

1878, Mar 29 Burned, Lake Huron; owned Mrs. W.H. Smith.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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