Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Iroquois (1853)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Iroquois
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, Quebec
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
-217
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Caughnawaga, Quebec, Canada
How:
Burnt
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 155 x 27 -- -351 tons Rebuilt: in 1866

147x24x9 (width over paddle boxes 45') Owned by Montreal & New York Railway, later Grand Trunk Railway. Built by A. Cantin, Montreal 1853. Engines (2 oscillating) 36x42 by Bartley & Gilbert, Montreal. Train ferry: could carry 5 cars or one locomotive at a time. Destroyed by fire 29/03/71 Caughnawaga Que.

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Iroquois (1853)