1884 Lansdowne 1978
Iron sidewheel cross-river railroad carferry
Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 66
Launched May 10, 1884
319’ LOA, 294’ LBP, 41’3” beam, 13’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boilers, horizontal condensing engine, 1360 IHP
Enrolled Canadian
294.0 x 41.3 x 13.0, 1571 GT, 907 NT Can 88629 to:
Grand Trunk Railway Co., Windsor ON (home port Windsor ON)
Entered service 1884
Net tons adjusted 1895 to 908
Firm purchased 1939 by Canadian National Railways,
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