1929                                             C. H. Houson                                             1961

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Wallsend-on-Tyne England by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Hull 1371
Launched Jan 10, 1929

259’ LOA, 252’8” LBP, 43’4” beam, 17’8” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 750 IHP

Enrolled at
252.8 x 43.4 x 17.8, 1927 GT, 1147 NT     Br 149494     to:
Sarnia Steamships Ltd., Sarnia ON. (home port Newcastle-on-Tyne England)

Entered service 1929

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1931     Can 149494     (home port to Sarnia ON.)

Renamed Paul Manion 1949

Fleet merged 1951 into Colonial Steamships Ltd., Port Colborne ON.

Fleet renamed Scott Misener Steamships Ltd. 1959

Sold for scrap 1961 to Crawford Metals Ltd. and scrapped at Deseronto ON.

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See history in Scanner Jan 1988 (#161)