Name: | INTERNATIONAL |
Type: | Ferry |
Launched: | 1872 |
Completed: | 08/1872 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 275 |
Dimensions: | 851grt, 559nrt, 210.0 x 40.0 x 12.1ft |
Engines: | 2 x 1cyl (30 x 30ins), 76nhp; (by 1915: 300nhp) |
Engines by: | EE Gilbert, Quebec; (by 1915: John Inglis Co Ltd, Toronto) |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1899: 96849) |
History: | |
08/1872 | Grand Trunk Railway, Canada |
22/03/1899 | Registered at Sarnia, Ontario |
by 1928 | Lake Erie & Detroit River Railway Co, Walkerville, Ontario |
1934 | Sin-Mac Lines, Canada |
by 1936 | International Waterways Navigation Ltd, Montreal |
1958 | McAllister Brothers, Canada; renamed MCALLISTER NO 4 |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 08/1872: Shipped in sections to Fort Erie, Ontario. Erected by J Smith |
Affectionately known as OLD PEGGY |
Above photo as INTERNATIONAL is copyright of Edward J Dowling Collection
Above photo as INTERNATIONAL is copyright of Edward J Dowling Collection