NILE (1870, Barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
NILE
Year of Build:
1870
Official Number:
103393
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Battersea, ONT
Vessel Type:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Davis & Co.
Master Carpenter:
Robert Davis
Original Owner and Location:
Davis & Co., Battersea.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
96'
Beam:
19'
Depth:
5' 6"
Tonnage (gross):
110
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Rideau Canal.
How:
Sunk.
History
Chronology:

1870, May 10 Registered Kingston, ONT.

1870, May 12 Readmeasured 90.1 x 19.1 x 6', 88 3064/9500 tons.

1870, May 18 Owned George Davidson & Michael Doran, Kingston, ONT; ran on Rideau Canal & St. Lawrence River.

1871, Feb 7 Owned William H. Fredenburg, Westport, Leeds Co, ONT; 10" x 12", 100hp @ 120rpm engine; 4' 6" x 7' firebox boiler, Kingston Machine Works.

1873 Owned Glidden, Kingston.

1875 Owned Gunney & Glidden, Kingston.

1877, Jun 22 Remeasured 96.30 gross / 49.47 net tons; owned W. H. Fredenburg, Westport.

1877, Oct Owned A. McAllister.

1883 Owned Rathbun & Co, Deseronto, ONT.

1904, Apr 28 Owned Daniel Smith, Kingston.

1905 Sold E. J. Agnew, Pickering, Frontenac, ONT.

1920 Sunk several years before, Rideau Canal.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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