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43 MARY tug (C 71214 ex U 90739). 1906-1921. As remeasured in 1886: 62 tons gross, 28 tons net. After 1901: 53 tons gross, 31 tons net, 64.5'. Built by Geo. Hardison at Port Huron Michigan for his own account. Launched on 7 September 1874. First engine single-cylinder, 45 indicated horsepower. Second engine fore and aft compound (from 1890) = 200 indicated horsepower and 37.8 rated horsepower. 1908 value $7,500. 1910-12 value $7,000. 1913 value $6,500. 1914-15 value $6,000. 1916-17 value $5,000. 1918 value $4,375. 1919 value $3,750. 1920 value $3,375. MARY came to Canadian registry in 1875. Between 1877 and 1897 she was owned by John Matthews et al of Port Colborne Ontario. She sank in Lake Erie on 5 September 1894 but was salved. In 1901, her owner was P. Larkin of St. Catharines Ontario. New boiler fitted 1901. Montreal Transportation Co. chartered her early in 1906 prior to buying her in June for $2,500. She was rebuilt in 1907. She sprang a leak and sank at Pine Tree Point on the St. Lawrence below Iroquois Ontario on 17 November 1918 but was raised. In 1921, she was sold to J. Donnelly as part of a $9,000 package with the barge MAMIE. MARY was removed from the register in 1946, as she had been broken up. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1908, 1910 and 1912-20; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 20 May and 26 June 1907, 11 January 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineer's Log Oatland 3 Sept 1917-3 June 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Ship's Log Mary May 1918-Dec 1919; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1897, 1910, 1918 and 1939; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Mercantile Navy List 1882, 1892, 1897, 1923 and 1925; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; New Mills List; Brockville Recorder & Times 27 April 1921; Canadian Railway & Marine World November 1918; Detroit Marine Historian October 1952. 44 MARY P. HALL wooden river tug (C 121825 ex U 92892). 1906-1921. Original: 104 tons gross, 43 tons net, 82.2' (overall), 80.5' (waterline?). After 1917: 104 tons gross, 43 net, 82.2'. Built in 1898 by and for George Hall at the St. Lawrence Marine Railway Co. in Ogdensburg New York. Bow metal-sheathed. Crew of nine. Fore & aft compound engine = 297 indicated horsepower, 42.6 rated horsepower. In 1906 valued at $12,000. 1906 value $13,000. 1908-12 value $12,000. 1913-15 value $10,000. 1916 value $8,000. 1917 value $20,000. 1918 value $17,500. 1919 value $15,000. 1920 value $13,500. The George Hall Coal Co. of Ogdensburg was the first owner of MARY P. HALL. She was given a new boiler in 1903. Montreal Transportation Co. bought her from Hall for $13,000. She was rebuilt at Kingston in 1917. She sank in Rapide du Plat on the St. Lawrence near Morrisburg Ontario in August of 1920. After she was raised she ran aground near Iroquois Ontario while salvaging Canada Steamship Lines's CITY OF HAMILTON (C 126526, 1,367 tons gross) in July 1921. Shortly after that, she was sold to J. Donnelly of Kingston. In 1929 she was re-sold to Sin-Mac and was abandoned in 1934. 60