Other name(s): Belleville; Bickerdike; City of Windsor; Maplebrook
Ship owner: Canada Steamship Lines; Frank S. Upton; Great Lakes Engineering Works; Merchants Montreal Line; Michael Galvin; St. Lawrence Tankers; Western Transit Co.
Ship builder: Gibson & Craig Iron Works, Buffalo, New York
Engine builder: King Iron Works, Buffalo, New York
Year ship built: 1873
Year engine built: 1873
Final disposition: Scrapped, Hamilton, Ontario, 1942.
Notes:
Gibson and Craig, subcontractor for King Iron Works. Engines built as well by H.G. Trout as subcontractors.
b) Bickerdike (1906-1920 C.121784)
c) Maplebrook (1920-1926)
d) City of Windsor (1926-1930)
e) Belleville (1930-1937)
Owners:
1) Western Transit Co. (N.Y. Central R.R.), Buffalo, New York,
(1873-1904)
2) Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Michigan (1904-1905)
Remarks:
Owners cont'd:
3) Michael Galvin, Buffalo, New York (1905)
4) Frank S. Upton, Charlotte, New York (1905-1906)
5) Merchants Montreal Line (1906)
6) Montreal & Great Lakes Steamship Co. (1906-1913)
7) Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal, Quebec (1913-1932)
8) St. Lawrence Tankers, Ltd., Quebec, Quebec (1932-1937)
Registry number: US.105254;C.121784
Vessel type: Package freighter, propeller
Height: 14.2 ft.
Width: 34.5 ft.
Length: 221.8 ft.
Stroke length: 36 in.
Gross tonnage: 1395
Net tonnage: 1202
Materials: Iron
Engine type: Steeple compound
Piston 2: 20 in.
Piston 3: 40 in.