Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Northumberland (1891)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Northumberland
Year of Build:
1891
Official Number:
96937
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newcastle
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
1255
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Port Dalhousie, Ontario, Canada
How:
Burnt
History
Chronology:

220x33x20 Owned by Charlottetown Steam Navigation Co.; to Dominion Government; to Niagara St. Catharines & Toronto Navigation Co. 1920. Built by Wigham Richardson & Co., Newcastle England 1891. Engines (2) 17½-27½-46x33 (maker unknown). Northumberland Strait ferry, to Toronto-Port Dalhousie 1920. Chartered for service Palm Beach Fla. to Nassau winter 1895-96. Lower deck made available for passengers 1921. Destroyed by fire while fitting out 02/06/49 Port Dalhousie.

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Northumberland (1891)