1871 Manitoba 1903
Wooden sidewheel Great Lakes passenger and package freight vessel
Built at Port Robinson ON by Melancthon Simpson
Launched
182’ LOA, 173’ LBP, 25’ beam, 11’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boiler, vertical beam engine, 380 IHP
Enrolled at
173.0 x 25.0 x 10.0, 750 GT Can 92653 (Enrolled 1888) to:
William Beatty, Thorold ON
See history in Scanner Jan and Mar 1986 (#143)
Also in Detroit Marine Historian Nov 1956 (#79)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 265
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