JUNO (1885, Steambarge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
JUNO
Year of Build:
1885
Official Number:
90771
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wallaceburg, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steambarge
Note: Raised forecastle & poop.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
McDonald (McDonnell)
Original Owner and Location:
Wm. Allen Walkerville, Windsor, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (or 3)
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Steeple Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
15 + 24.5 x 30", 175hp, 85rpm engine, Kerr Brothers Iron Works, Walkerville, ONT (1885). 6.5 x 12.25', 100# steam firebox boiler, Stevenson, Petrolia, ONT (1885).
Hull Dimensions
Length:
114'
Beam:
26.8'
Depth:
8.3'
Tonnage (gross):
209.5
Tonnage (net):
130.31
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Toronto, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
Oct 1914
How:
Dismantled.
History
Chronology:

Late 1890's Towed barge SLIGO regularly; occasionally EUGENIA VESTA & DISPATCH.

1898 Rebuilt, Adam MacDonald, Wallaceburg, ONT; 139.7 x 26.8 x 8.8', 288 gross / 196 net tons.

1902 Owned W.J. Pulling & Co., Windsor, ONT.

1908, Feb 20 Owned Haney & Miller, Toronto, ONT.

1909, Sep 30 Owned Pointe Anne Quarries Ltd.

1912, Nov 2 Leaked & sunk, Cobourg, ONT, Lake Ontario.

1913, Feb 14 Owned Richlieu & Ontario Navigation Co. Ltd., Montreal, QUE.

1913, Spring Raised; rebuilt Muir Brothers, Port Dalhousie, ONT; fitted with clamshell rig for sand dredge.

1915, Feb 11 Owned Canada Steamship Line.

1914, Oct Dismantled, Toronto.

c1918 Engines removed.

1920, Sep 29 Registry closed.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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