- William Johnston (1878)
Official No.: 80874; First Rebuild: Official Number: 80874 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 86 x 21 -- 95 tons Rebuilt: Garden Island, Ontario, Canada in 1897 73x21x7 Owned by Calvin Company, to Donnelly Salvage & Wrecking Co., Kingston 1914, 1928; to Sincennes-McNaughton 1929. Built by Calvin Co., Garden Island 1878. First engine …
Official No.: 80874; First Rebuild: Official Number: 80874 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 86 x 21 -- 95 tons Rebuilt: Garden Island, Ontario, Canada in 1897 73x21x7 Owned by Calvin Company, to …
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- D.D. Calvin (1883)
Official No.: 83298; 166x32x15 Owned by Calvin Company, to Carlot & Smith, Belleville 1909. Built by Roney, Garden Island Ont. and launched 11/09/83. Engine 24-50x36 by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland. Steam barge. Destroyed by fire 11/04/10 Garden Island. ; Final Location: Garden Island, Ontario, Canada, Burnt
Official No.: 83298; 166x32x15 Owned by Calvin Company, to Carlot & Smith, Belleville 1909. Built by Roney, Garden Island Ont. and launched 11/09/83. Engine 24-50x36 by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland. …
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- Hercules (1857)
122x26x12 Owned by Calvin & Breck, sometimes chartered to others. Built by Roney, Garden Island 1857. Engine 57x120 (maker unknown). Towboat, known as "Hercules No. 2". Boiler exploded while towing "New Era" 09/10/58 Rapide Plat, killing several including D. D. Calvin jr. Towed back to Garden Island April 1859. Gunboat …
122x26x12 Owned by Calvin & Breck, sometimes chartered to others. Built by Roney, Garden Island 1857. Engine 57x120 (maker unknown). Towboat, known as "Hercules No. 2". Boiler exploded while towing …
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- Hiram A. Calvin (1868)
144x43x10 Owned by Calvin & Breck 1877, D. D. Calvin 1886. Broke from moorings and crushed in ice 31/12/95 Garden Island. ; Final Location: Garden Island, Ontario, Canada, Wrecked By Ice
144x43x10 Owned by Calvin & Breck 1877, D. D. Calvin 1886. Broke from moorings and crushed in ice 31/12/95 Garden Island. ; Final Location: Garden Island, Ontario, Canada, Wrecked By …
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- LIVERPOOL (1845, Brigantine)
Other Names: CITY OF ERIE;HENRY ROONEY;TORONTO; Official No.: 4336; Final Date: 27 Oct 1891; Dimensions (LBD): 123' x 23.9' x 10.5' ; 1845, Aug 8 Launched. 1846 Ran Port Dalhousie - Kingston, ONT. 1850, Nov 24 Dismasted Lake Erie. 1856 Dismasted Lake Ontario. 1857, Oct Lost anchor Morgan's Point, Lake …
Other Names: CITY OF ERIE;HENRY ROONEY;TORONTO; Official No.: 4336; Final Date: 27 Oct 1891; Dimensions (LBD): 123' x 23.9' x 10.5' ; 1845, Aug 8 Launched. 1846 Ran Port Dalhousie …
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- CAYUGA (1870, Barge)
Dimensions (LBD): 135.3' x 26.3' x 10.9' ; 1870, Sep 26 Sold Montreal Transport Co. 1878 Registered Kingston. 1882 365 gross tons. ; Original Owner: Calvin & Breck
Dimensions (LBD): 135.3' x 26.3' x 10.9' ; 1870, Sep 26 Sold Montreal Transport Co. 1878 Registered Kingston. 1882 365 gross tons. ; Original Owner: Calvin & Breck
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- LIVERPOOL (1847, Barge)
Dimensions (LBD): 93.3' x 17.9' x 7' ; 1848, Feb 19 Owned James Morton. 1851, Feb 20 Owned Jacob Baxter, Belleville.; Original Owner: John H. Greer
Dimensions (LBD): 93.3' x 17.9' x 7' ; 1848, Feb 19 Owned James Morton. 1851, Feb 20 Owned Jacob Baxter, Belleville.; Original Owner: John H. Greer
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- MARION (1849, Steamer)
Other Names: JOHN GARTSHORE; Home port Hamilton, ONT. 1850 Buffalo, NY - Port Stanley, ONT service with steamer WAVE. 1853 Ran Hamilton, ONT - Montreal, QUE with WAVE. 1853, Jun Towing log rafts Pt. Rowan, ONT - Tonawanda, NY. 1854 Owned Hooker, Pridham & Co. Freight Line; renamed JOHN GARTSHORE.; …
Other Names: JOHN GARTSHORE; Home port Hamilton, ONT. 1850 Buffalo, NY - Port Stanley, ONT service with steamer WAVE. 1853 Ran Hamilton, ONT - Montreal, QUE with WAVE. 1853, Jun …
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- DAKOTA (1885, Barge)
Official No.: 88571; Dimensions (LBD): 170' 4" x 30' 6" x 11' 9" ; 1890 Owned Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co, Kingston, ONT; one mast. 1892, Jul 18 Ashore below Oswego, Lake Ontario. 1926, Aug 31 Wrecked. 1927, Mar 1 Registry closed. 1930 Owned William Q. Stobo, Quebec, QUE; home …
Official No.: 88571; Dimensions (LBD): 170' 4" x 30' 6" x 11' 9" ; 1890 Owned Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co, Kingston, ONT; one mast. 1892, Jul 18 Ashore below …
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- JACK (1895, Steambarge)
Other Names: BOTHNIA; Official No.: 100661; Final Date: 26 Jun 1912; Dimensions (LBD): 178' x 38' x 13' ; Date unknown Broke locks of Welland Canal 1895, May 30 Collided with steamer NORMAN off Alpena, MI, Lake Huron, sank NORMAN; released. 1896 Renamed BOTHNIA Date unknown Owned Pennsylvania Coal Co. …
Other Names: BOTHNIA; Official No.: 100661; Final Date: 26 Jun 1912; Dimensions (LBD): 178' x 38' x 13' ; Date unknown Broke locks of Welland Canal 1895, May 30 Collided …
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- IROQUOIS (1876, Barge)
Official No.: 72567; Dimensions (LBD): 151' x 26.1' x 11' ; 1878 Same owner, official number C72567, 361 registered tons. 1882 Owned K. & M. F. Co. Kingston, ONT. 1886 Owned D. D. Calvin, Garden Island, ONT. 1897 Last Listed.; Original Owner: Calvin & Breck
Official No.: 72567; Dimensions (LBD): 151' x 26.1' x 11' ; 1878 Same owner, official number C72567, 361 registered tons. 1882 Owned K. & M. F. Co. Kingston, ONT. 1886 …
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- LONDON (1852, Brigantine)
Official No.: 72584; Final Date: 2 Oct 1886; Dimensions (LBD): 132' x 22.4' x 10.7' ; 1858 Owned John Frazer. 1858, Oct 20 Ashore Big Sodus, NY, Lake Ontario. 1859, Jul Ashore Bar Point, Lake Erie. 1864 Owned Calvin & Breck, Garden Island; 380 ton barkantine. 1870 Large repairs. 1871, …
Official No.: 72584; Final Date: 2 Oct 1886; Dimensions (LBD): 132' x 22.4' x 10.7' ; 1858 Owned John Frazer. 1858, Oct 20 Ashore Big Sodus, NY, Lake Ontario. 1859, …
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- CHEROKEE (1876, Barge)
Other Names: AUGER, ANTOINE; Official No.: 72566; Dimensions (LBD): 151' x 26' x 11.2' ; 1878 Registered Kingston; says built Kingston, ONT.; Original Owner: Calvin & Breck
Other Names: AUGER, ANTOINE; Official No.: 72566; Dimensions (LBD): 151' x 26' x 11.2' ; 1878 Registered Kingston; says built Kingston, ONT.; Original Owner: Calvin & Breck
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- CEYLON (1891, Schooner)
Other Names: RENE, J.B.; Official No.: 96915; Final Date: 1943; Dimensions (LBD): 205.4' x 36.3' x 15' ; 1898 - 99 Towed by D.D. CALVIN. 1913 Stranded at Long Point, Lake Erie. 1913, Nov Sold by Calvin Co. to Montreal Transportation Co. 1916 Rebuilt at Sorel, QUE.; made into barge …
Other Names: RENE, J.B.; Official No.: 96915; Final Date: 1943; Dimensions (LBD): 205.4' x 36.3' x 15' ; 1898 - 99 Towed by D.D. CALVIN. 1913 Stranded at Long Point, …
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- CHIEFTAIN (1873, Tug (Towboat))
Other Names: CHIEFTAIN III; Official No.: 71178; Final Date: Aug 1911; Dimensions (LBD): 136.8' x 24.1' x 9.4' ; 1874, Aug Beam engine replaced. 1889 Rebuilt. 1899 137 x 24 x 9.6. 1906 Suspect rebuilt at Garden Island as CHIEFTAIN III; C117129; 142 x 39; 355 gross tons. 1911 Sunk …
Other Names: CHIEFTAIN III; Official No.: 71178; Final Date: Aug 1911; Dimensions (LBD): 136.8' x 24.1' x 9.4' ; 1874, Aug Beam engine replaced. 1889 Rebuilt. 1899 137 x 24 …
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- SOUTHAMPTON (1860, Barkentine)
Official No.: 80878; Final Date: Aug 1901; Dimensions (LBD): 134.5' x 23.7' x 11.8' ; 1861 Used in lumber trade between upper and lower lakes; flanks "hewed down", built too wide for Welland Canal. 1863 Owned E. Brown, Hamilton, ONT. 1869 Lost anchor & chain, Lake Erie. 1871 New deck. …
Official No.: 80878; Final Date: Aug 1901; Dimensions (LBD): 134.5' x 23.7' x 11.8' ; 1861 Used in lumber trade between upper and lower lakes; flanks "hewed down", built too …
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- JENNIE (1871, Schooner)
Official No.: 88579; Dimensions (LBD): 168' x 26.6' x 11.8' ; 1887, Oct Towed by ACTIVE. 1888, Oct Abandoned by tug WALKER; found leaking badly, towed into Duluth. 1889, Jul Towed by JAMES A. WALKER with wheat to Montreal, QUE.; Original Owner: D.D. Calvin
Official No.: 88579; Dimensions (LBD): 168' x 26.6' x 11.8' ; 1887, Oct Towed by ACTIVE. 1888, Oct Abandoned by tug WALKER; found leaking badly, towed into Duluth. 1889, Jul …
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- LAPWING (1892, Barge)
Official No.: 96918; Final Date: 21 Sep 1932; Dimensions (LBD): 175' 8" x 31' 2" x 12' 1" ; 1914 Rebuilt. 1919 Owned Sincennes - McNaughton. 1919 Owned Consolidated Oka Sand & Gravel Co., used on lower St. Lawrence River. 1930 Owned Sin - Mac Lines Ltd., Montreal, QUE. 1932, …
Official No.: 96918; Final Date: 21 Sep 1932; Dimensions (LBD): 175' 8" x 31' 2" x 12' 1" ; 1914 Rebuilt. 1919 Owned Sincennes - McNaughton. 1919 Owned Consolidated Oka …
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- PRUSSIA (1879, Schooner)
Other Names: CYRENIAN; Official No.: 77633; Dimensions (LBD): 134' x 26' x 13.3' ; 1882, September Ran ashore Snake Island Reef, coal laden; released by tug HIRAM CALVIN 1886 Owned D.D. Calvin, Garden Island, Ontario 1887 Towed by D.D. CALVIN 1898 Towed by LILY SMITH 1904 Rebuilt 135 x 26 …
Other Names: CYRENIAN; Official No.: 77633; Dimensions (LBD): 134' x 26' x 13.3' ; 1882, September Ran ashore Snake Island Reef, coal laden; released by tug HIRAM CALVIN 1886 Owned …
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- QUEBEC (1862, Barge)
1862 Rebuilt 1878 114 x 22 x 10; 234 registered tons.; Original Owner: Calvin & Breck
1862 Rebuilt 1878 114 x 22 x 10; 234 registered tons.; Original Owner: Calvin & Breck
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