Maritime History of the Great Lakes

George Buchanan (1836)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
George Buchanan
Year of Build:
1836
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Arnprior, Ontario
Power
Propulsion:
Centrewheel
Final Disposition
How:
Retired
History
Chronology:

. Approx. 77x27x7 Owned by G. Buchanan, Arnprior 1836; D. Cowley & W. Craig 1842. Built by W. Grant, Arnprior Ont. and launched 28/09/36. Engine by Avery, Syracuse, N.Y. from "Enterprise". Catamaran, with engine on one beam, boiler on the other. Sternwheel (possibly centre-wheel). Laid up five weeks 1838 by machinery defect; nearest foundry Kingston. Wrecked by ice 04/12/43, repaired. Nothing official on this one.

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Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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George Buchanan (1836)