1857                                   International                                        1874

Wooden sidewheel river railroad carferry

Built at Buffalo NY by Bidwell & Banta
Launched Oct 5, 1857
First railroad carferry on the Great Lakes
Built to carry rail cars across the Niagara River between Buffalo NY and Fort Erie ON

240’ LOA, 40’ beam
1 deck, coal-fired boiler, 2 low pressure horizontal engines,

Enrolled at Buffalo NY Dec 3, 1857 (#168)
226’ x 40’8” x 13’, 1121 84/95 tons     to:
Fayette Rumsey, Buffalo NY (home port Buffalo NY)

Entered service Dec 1857

Transferred 1859 to Buffalo & Lake Huron Rail Road Co.  

Remeasured 1865 under Act of May 6, 1864 (new measuring rules) to 220.0 x 40.2 x 11.2, 1135.92 tons     US 12070

New railroad bridge between Black Rock NY and Bridgeburg ON opened  Nov 2, 1873 and vessel laid up Nov 6 at Fort Erie ON.

Burned Feb 2, 1874 at her dock at Fort Erie ON.

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