Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Montreal Transportation Co., 1868-1921, p. 180

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the time the Whig described her as rotten. She was then broken up and was removed from the register on 27 April 1899. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Board of Lake Underwriters (Buffalo) Lake Vessel Register 1866; Canada List of Shipping 1877 and 1895; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Register of the Ships of the Lakes and the River St. Lawrence 1864; British Whig 24 May 1881, 6 November 1891; Kingston Daily News 2 June, 5 July and 24 September 1869, 19 December 1870, 22 June 1874, 28 August 1876 and 6 November 1891; Marine Record 7 April 1887. 123 TOLEDO river barge. 1872-1902. 378 tons new measurement, 362 tons register, 137.9'. Capacity 24,000 bushels. Built by F. Cantin at Levis Quebec in 1872. 1874 rated 1 and valued at $8,500. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $7,800. 1882, 1884-97 rated B1. In 1890 was valued at $4,000. In 1897 was valued at $4,200. TOLEDO was repaired in 1882 and rebuilt during 1883-84 in the Montreal Transportation Co. yard at Portsmouth Ontario (relaunched on 12 May 1884). She ran aground on Hickory Island near the foot of Wolfe Island (Quebec Head) for a few hours in August 1884. She had a cargo of coal and was in company with the Montreal Transportation Co. barge NEBRASKA, towed by the Montreal Transportation Co. tug GLIDE. TOLEDO was lightered [see definitions] and taken off. She got a new deck and extensive repairs at Portsmouth in 1885. In 1894 she was rebuilt at Levis Quebec. In 1902 Montreal Transportation Co. recorded her as "on hand but of no value". She was sold and continued to show up at the Montreal Transportation Co.'s Kingston elevator for another two years. She was not in the 1904 Mercantile Navy List but was not removed from the register until 14 January 1916. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Annual Report 31 December 1902; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 6 Aug-2 Oct 1903, 7 May-15 Sept 1904; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910 and 1912; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; British Whig 19 June 1880, 2 August 1882, 22 December 1883, 13 May, 15 and 16 September and 30 December 1884, 20 and 31 March 1885; Kingston Daily News 7 August and 3 October 1872, 2 May, 19 August and 8 September 1873, 13 May 1874, 18 and 19 October 1975, 8 and 30 June and 5 and 9 October 1876, 1 June 1877; Marine Record 7 April 1887; Marine Review 24 March 1898. 124 TORONTO river barge (C 71604). 1874-1904. 335.23 tons gross, 325 tons register, 150'. Built by George Drolet at Montreal in 1874. No masts as built, later had one. Round stern. 1878 rated 1 out of a possible 3 and valued at $7,800. 1884 and 1890 rated B1. 1890 valued at $3,500. 1892 rated A2½ 180

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