ALEXANDRA (1866, Tug (Towboat))

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Identification

Vessel name:: ALEXANDRA
Also known as:: ALEXANDRIA
Year of Build:: 1866
Official Number:: 85768

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Hull, QUE
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: A. Cantin
Built on Bottom of:: ALEXANDRA (1854)
Original Owner:: Ottawa River Navigation Co.

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel
Engine Type:: Low Pressure
# Cylinders:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 33" cyl 120" stroke; engine from SPEED (1846) and PHOENIX (1849).

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 161.7'
Beam:: 25.2'
Depth:: 8.1'
Tonnage (old style):: 940

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Scarborough Bluffs.
Lake Ontario.
Date:: 3 Aug 1915
How:: Wrecked in storm.
Final Cargo:: Sugar, vinegar, canned tomatoes
Notes:: Bound Port Hope for Toronto; beached on bar in storm & fog; broken up by wave action; stripped souvenir hunters.

History

Chronology:

Built for towing barges, Montreal to Ottawa.

1873 Large repairs; owned Hepburn Bros., Picton Ontario & Quebec Navation Co.; used as river towboat.

1880, Nov 6 Wrecked off highlands at Scarborough near Toronto.

1883 Rebuilt for passenger service at Cantin Shipyard, Montreal; 173.7x31x8.4 feet; 863 gross tons and 508 net tons; C85768 renamed ALEXANDRIA; now double decked.

1889 Engine replaced with 38"x120" stroke engine by Beauchamp & Sons, Sorel, Que.

1890, May 5 Ran on shoal Jack Straw lighthouse near Gananoque, ONT.

1901, May 11 Registered Picton, Ont; owned Arthur W. Hepburn; 173.7x30.6x8.6; 863.15 gross ton; 507.99 net tons; 50 hp.

1905, Mar 2 owned Bernard R. and James D. Hepburn.

1905, Apr 17 Ontario and Quebec Navigation Co. Ltg.

1915, Aug 3 Wrecked.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory; Canadian Registers; Canadian Sessional Papers; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; John O. Greenwood; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

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Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:

https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:

211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188

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