HALL, W.B. (1885, Steambarge)

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Identification

Vessel name:: HALL, W.B.
Also known as:: ST. ANDREW
Year of Build:: 1885
Official Number:: 90694

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Catharines, ONT
Vessel Type:: Steambarge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Louis Shickluna
Original Owner and Location:: William B. Hall, St. Catharines, ONT.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: Engine from tug W.T. ROBB (1865, built at Stromness).

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 157.6'
Beam:: 27.9'
Depth:: 12.4'
Tonnage (gross):: 695
Tonnage (net):: 525

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Bachand Island in Nipigon Strait.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 20 Sep 1900
How:: Aground, wrecked.
Notes:: Bound Jackfish Pt. - Fort William, stranded in fog & sank the following day.

History

Chronology:

Designed for Georgian Bay grain trade.

1880, Nov Sank near Port Stanley; raised.

1885, Jul 8 Registered St. Catharines; owned William Hall, Toronto, ONT.

1886 Towed barge LADY DUFFERIN.

1894, Oct Ashore at Round Island, Straits of Mackinac.

1895, Oct 29 Ashore on Magnetic Reef, Straits of Mississauga, about 3 miles from southeast point of Cockburn Island; cargo wheat; pulled off winter 1895 or spring 1896.

1896 Rebuilt Owen Sound, ONT; second deck added, new boiler, 608 gross / 437 net tons; 20 + 40 x 36" compound engines; owned James Playfair et al.

1897 Renamed ST. ANDREW.

1899 - 1900 Rebuilt Owen Sound Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; 192.6 x 27.9 x 12.4', 1113 gross / 723 net tons; Canadian grain trade, capacity 40,000 bushels.

1900, Sep 20 Aground, wrecked.

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