JUNO (1842, Propeller)

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Identification

Vessel name:: JUNO
Year of Build:: 1842

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Montreal, QUE
Vessel Type:: Propeller; Note: Square-sterned, carvel built; one of the first propellers on the Lakes.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Duncan Sinclair
Original Owner and Location:: MacPherson, Crane & Co., Kingston, ONT.

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
# Propellers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: Walker's patent propellers, St. Mary Foundry Company. 21' engine room, 20 tons.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 87.1'
Beam:: 16.7'
Depth:: 5.5'
Tonnage (net):: 57.28

Final Disposition

Final Location:: St. Lawrence River.
Date:: 21 Jul 1873
How:: Sunk.

History

Chronology:

1849, Jun 25 Registered Kingston, ONT; 87.5 x 16.6 x 5.4', 81 2201/3500 tons burthen; new tonage doesn't reflect a rebuild, but different tonnage formulae between coast & inland.

1853, Jun 27 Owned Robertson et al, Montreal, QUE.

1853, Sep 6 Owned MacPherson, Crane & Co., Kingston.

1853, Nov 12 Owned Robertson, Jones & Co., Montreal.

1855 Rebuilt by A. Cantin, Montreal; owned Glassford, Jones & Co., Montreal.

1861, Jun Sunk Beauharnois Canal, St. Lawrence River.

1863 Rebuilt, 170 net tons, capacity 11,000 bushels.

1866 Removed from registry.

1873, Jun 21 Sunk, St. Lawrence River.

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