Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Iron Duke (1846)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Iron Duke
Year of Build:
1846
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, Quebec
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
-175
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
How:
Wrecked - Later Burnt
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 194 x 25 -- -169 tons Rebuilt: in 1848

177x25x9 Owned by W. D. Lindsay 1848; to Champlain & St. Lawrence Railway 1854; to Grand Trunk Railway 1863; to W. Workman, Montreal 1865. Built by W. Parkyn (St. Mary's Foundry) Montreal 1846. Engines (2) 44x66, patent design by builder (details lacking), later 44x72 (maker unknown, from "Clyde"). Ferry for railroad passengers. Wrecked 12/04/65 Longueuil, still on shore when destroyed by fire 29/08/65.

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Iron Duke (1846)