METEOR (1866, Tug (Towboat))

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Identification

Vessel name:: METEOR
Also known as:: CITY OF OWEN SOUND;ERINDALE
Year of Build:: 1866
Official Number:: 107598

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sorel, QUE
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Iron
Builder Name:: W.C. White
Original Owner and Location:: Allan Line, Montreal, QUE.
Ownership Notes:: H. & A. Allan.

Power

Propulsion:: Sidewheel

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 129'
Beam:: 24'
Depth:: 11'

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Port Darlington (Bowmanville) ONT.
East of Toronto. Lake Ontario
Date:: 10 Aug 1906
How:: Burned.
Notes:: Burned at her berth.

History

Chronology:

1870 Inspected Sorel, QUE.

1879 240 tons.

1882 340 gross tons.

1883, Jun Sank near John's Island, Georgian Bay.

1886 Raised; repaired Owen Sound.

1895, Dec 25 Owned George J. Cook, 129.3 x 24.3 x 10.6', 336.61 gross / 180.72 net tons

1899 Owned Cook Brothers Lumber Co; ran Sault Ste. Marie route.

1900, Jun 14 Owned T.M. Kirkwood, Toronto, ONT; rebuilt by John Burgess at Owen Sound as passenger & freight steamer, capacity 250 passengers; renamed CITY OF OWEN SOUND, 754 gross tons.

1902 Owned Algoma Navigation Co, Ltd.

1906 Renamed ERINDALE, 3 decks, 129.03 x 24.3 x 10.6', 444.02 net tons.

1906, Aug 10 Burned Bowmanville, ONT.

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