Name: | HURON |
Type: | Train Ferry |
Launched: | n/a |
Completed: | 1875 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 314 |
Dimensions: | 1052grt, 688nrt, 238.5 x 53.9 x 12.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x 1cyl (30 x 30ins), 300rhp |
Engines by: | T Wilson & Co, Dundas, Ontario |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 71216 |
History: | |
30/11/1875 | Grand Trunk Railway Company, Sarnia, Ontario |
20/01/1923 | Canadian National Railways, Sarnia |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Shipped in sections and re-erected at Point Edward, Ontario by John Smith |
03/06/1875: Launched at Point Edward | |
1875: On service between Sarnia & Port Huron | |
1888: Reboilered with 2 x Scotch boilers | |
1898: On service between Windsor & Detroit | |
1913: Reboilered with 2 x Scotch boilers | |
1975: Upper structure removed & reduced to a car float | |
198X: Laid up at Ecorse, then abandoned in a sunken condition |
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