Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Novelty (1851)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Novelty
Also known as:
Corra Linn (1855)
Year of Build:
1851
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Quebec, Quebec
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
-60
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Lancaster, Ontario, Canada
How:
Foundered (Collision)
History
Chronology:

120x17x8 Owned by J. Bonter, Belleville 1851; to A. & D. Shaw 1856. Engines 18-40x48 "Mr. Tibbets' compound design" from earlier "Novelty". Used on Bay of Quinte and Upper St. Lawrence. "Strange kind of nondescript boat" (Kingston "Whig"). "Wheels very diminutive, requiring no raised wheel-house" (Montreal "Gazette"). Rammed and sunk by "Fashion" 13/11/58 Lancaster Ont.

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Novelty (1851)