Other name(s): Athabasca
Ship owner: Canadian Pacific Railway
Ship builder: Aitken & Mansell, Glasgow, Scotland
Ship re-builder: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Collingwood, Ontario
Engine builder: David Rowan & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland
Engine re-builder: Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., 1913, Canada, Ontario, Port Arthur
Year ship built: 1883
Year engine built: 1883
Final disposition: Scrapped, Hamilton, Ontario, 1947.
Notes:
Cut in two and bulkheaded for passage in St. Lawrence and Welland Canals. Rebuilt at Buffalo, 1884. Entered service, May 13,1884, sailing from Owen Sound. Lengthened in 1910, re-engined in 1913.
Athabaska is a river in northern Alberta. Kelvinbaugh is a borough of Glasgow.
Remarks:
b) Athabasca (1903)
Registry number: C. 85764
Hull number: 123
Vessel type: Passenger and Freight
Height: 23.3 ft.
Width: 38.2 ft.
Length: 298.8 ft.
Stroke length: 48 in.
Gross tonnage: 2784
Net tonnage: 2349
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Fore and Aft
Piston 1: 30 in.
Piston 2: 64 in.