Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Alert (1853)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Alert
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Brockville, Ontario
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
-73
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
How:
Burnt
History
Chronology:

90x12x5. Owned by M. K. Dickinson, Montreal. Built Brockville 1853 (perhaps rebuild of earlier unknown vessel). Pollywog (i. e. paddles as far aft as possible for maximum cargo space). Passage boat Montreal-Ottawa-Kingston triangle, later freight only. "A small boat…. more calculated for freight than passengers, though for the latter there are a gentlemen's and ladies' cabins of moderate proportions, but withal very snug and comfortable" (Kingston "Whig") Destroyed by fire about 01/06/63 at Montreal during conversion to barge. Engine probably passed on to "City of Ottawa".

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Alert (1853)