User:GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 25
48°6′41″N 88°31′55″W / 48.11139°N 88.53194°W
 Algoma on her maiden voyage
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| Name | Algoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Canadian Pacific Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of registry | Montreal, Quebec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Builder | Aitken & Mansel, Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yard number | 270 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | July 31, 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maiden voyage | May 11, 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of service | November 7, 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Identification | Canadian official number 85766 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sank on Lake Superior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class and type | Package freighter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 270 feet (82.3 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beam | 38.1 feet (11.6 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth | 23.3 feet (7.1 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Propulsion | 1 × 210 pounds per square inch (1,400 kPa) fixed pitch propeller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History edit
Background edit
In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, became the first iron-hulled vessel built on the Great Lakes.[1] In the mid-1840s, Canadian companies began importing iron vessels prefabricated by shipyards in the United Kingdom. However, it would not be until 1862 that the first iron-hulled merchant ship, Merchant, was built on the Great Lakes.[1] Despite the success of Merchant, wooden vessels remained preferable to iron ones until the 1880s, due to their inexpensiveness, and the abundance of timber.[2][3][4] In the early 1880s, shipyards around the Great Lakes began to construct iron ships on a relatively large scale; in 1882, Onoko, an iron freighter, temporarily became the largest ship on the lakes.[4][5] In 1884, the first steel freighters were built on the Great Lakes, and by the 1890s, the majority of ships constructed on the lakes were made of steel.[6][7]
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References edit
- ^ a b Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 24.
- ^ Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 26.
- ^ Bowlus (2010), p. 85.
- ^ a b Thompson (1994), p. 32.
- ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 48.
- ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 49.
- ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 51.
Sources edit
- Bowlus, W. Bruce (2010). Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes: The Development of a Delivery System to Feed American Industry. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-786433-26-1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- Bugbee (1), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part One" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Bugbee (2), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part Two" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Thompson, Mark L. (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2393-6. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.