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ACADIA |
| Year of Build: 1867 |
Official Number: C77697 |
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| CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP |
| Build City: | Hamilton |
Build State: | ONT |
| Vessel Type: | Propeller |
Number of Decks: | 2 |
| Hull Materials: | Composite |
Hull #: | |
| Builder Name: | John Malcolmson |
| Master Carpenter: | |
| Built on Bottom of: | |
| Original Owner: | Malcolmson Brothers |
| Location: | Hamilton, ONT |
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| POWER |
| Powered By: | Mechanical |
| Number of Masts: | |
| Propulsion Type: | Screw |
Engine Type: | Low Pressure |
| # Cylinders: | 1 |
# Boilers: | |
| # Propellers: | |
| Propulsion Notes: | Engine built by Beckett & Co., Hamilton, ONT.
Low-pressure condensing engine, 32 X 32", 87 hp. |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Length: | 135.8 |
Tonnage (old style): | |
| Beam: | 24.6 |
Tonnage (gross): | 372.59 |
| Depth: | 7 |
Tonnage (net): | |
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| FINAL DISPOSITION |
| Final Location: | Michipicoten River, Pt. Brule, ONT.
Lake Superior |
| Final Date: |
[month] 5
[day] 11
[year] 1896
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| Final Depth: | |
| Final Dispostion How: | Stranded and broke up |
| Final Cargo: | 22,000 bushels of wheat |
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| Final Notes: | Registry closed at Hamilton on 1896, Dec 17,
1911 "Broken up" |
| HISTORY AND NOTES |
| History: | 1867, May Have been Great Lakes first composite vessel owned by J & G.T. Malcomson, Hamilton, ONT.
1868 Delivered oil & supplies to Canadian Lake Lighthouses, chartered by Dominion Government.
1871 Listed as having iron frames.
1877 Readmeasured 135.8 X 24.6 X 7.0, 372.39 gross/217 net tons.
1877 Owned by Eliz. Malcomson, Hamilton.
1878 Owned by Margaret Sutherland, Hamilton.
1880 Owned by John W. & Donald G. Sutherland, St. Thomas.
1882 Rebuilt and lengthened, 176.6 x 25.6 x 10.4, 806.36 gross tons, 509 net tons.
1887, Apr 11 Rebuilt at the cost $7000.
1896 November 5 Stranded & broken up, Michipicoten River, Port Brule, ONT, Lake Superior. |
| From the Collection of: |
C. Patrick Labadie |
| Sources: | William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
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| Unique ID: | 1204 |
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