BROCKVILLE (1898, Propeller)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 9 & 18 x 14", 140hp @ 165rpm engine, Polson Iron Works, Toronto, ONT, 1898. 4'9" x 8', 165# steam firebox boiler, Polson Iron Works.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

History

Chronology:

1898, Jun 11 Vessel launched Reid Yard, Toronto, ONT; built for St. Lawrence River.

1909, Jan 22 Owned Quinte Navigation Co., Picton, ONT.

1910, Dec 31 Owned Ontario & Quebec Navigation Co. Ltd.

1913 Chartered to J.K. McLauchlan, Owen Sound, ONT.

1914 Resumed Bay of Quinte service.

1916, Apr 28 Owned Canada Steamship Lines.

1919 Chartered to Kingston Navigation Co. Ltd., Kingston, ONT.

1919, Sep 8 Aground near Alexandria Bay, NY.

1920, Apr 13 Owned Kingston Navigation Co. Ltd., running Bay of Quinte - Amherst Island - Kingston; used often for excursions.

1926, May 24 Ran aground on Napanee River.

1931, May 17 Owned Algoma Steamship Co., Hamilton, ONT.

1936 Made a barge; renamed NORA H.

1940 Abandoned.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: American Bureau of Shipping; Donald V. Baut; Canadian Registers; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Monograph; Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society