AUGUSTA (1882, Tug (Towboat))

Year of Build:

1882

Official Number:

85419

Built at:

Pt. Robinson, ONT

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Andrews & Son

Location of Original Owner:

St. Catharines

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

21 x 20", 20hp steam engine built E. Sheperd & Co., Buffalo, NY, 1864.

Length:

66'

Beam:

16'

Depth:

6.4'

Tonnage (gross):

57.11

Tonnage (net):

30.55

Final Location:

Port Dalhousie, ONT. dock. Lake Ontario

Date:

1 Dec 1909

How:

Burned.

Notes:

1909, Dec 29 Registery closed "vessel was burned at Port Dalhousie on 12-1 and was totally lost." Owned Daniel McGrath.

1899 Owned H.H. Helliwell, St. Catharines, ONT.

1909 Burned.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Great Lakes Register

Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society