Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Niagara (1875)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Niagara
Year of Build:
1875
Official Number:
73951
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, Ontario
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
348
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada
How:
Foundered
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Official Number: 73951 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 172 x 26 -- 468 tons Rebuilt: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. in 1882

136x26x12 Owned by R. Fowlie & A. Jeffrey, St. Catharines; to J. Mathews, Toronto 1878. Built by M. Simpson, St. Catharines and launched 31/07/75. Engine 36x36 by Yale & Co., St. Catharines. Used Georgian Bay-Upper Lakes; based on Toronto after 1879. Sank 05/12/99 near Long Point, Lake Erie, 12 killed.

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Niagara (1875)