ELECTRIC
Date Registered:
[ 1891/06/03 ] Official Number: [ 92449 ]
second registration.
First Registration
Name: [ ELECTRIC ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 4/1891 ] Date Registered: [
1891/06/03 ] Official Number: [ 92449 ] First Registration: [ NO ]
Began as yacht of J. J. Wright (Manager of Toronto Electric Light Co., hence name) and a remarkable
series
of rebuildings almost doubled size.
Second Registration
Location: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registration: [ 16/1887 ]
Original Building Information:
Built By: [ THE POLSON IRON WORKS. TORONTO ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [ 1887 ]
Length: [ 53.00 ] Beam: [ 12.00 ] Gross: [ 5.64 ] Net: [ 3.84 ]
Vessel Description:
Deck: [ ONE ] Type: [ CARVEL ] Stern: [ROUND ] Stem: [ PLAIN ] Frame: [ WOOD ] Propulsion: [ STEAM SCREW
].
40 x 7 x 4
First Engine:
Type of Engine: [ UPRIGHT ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date Built: [ 1887 ] Built by: [THE POLSON IRON
WORKS.
TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ ONE ] Unit Horsepower: [COMBINED ]
Owned by
J. J. Wright, Toronto 1887, 1901;
Gidley Boat Co., Penetanguishene 1917.
Closing Information
Remark: [(NOTE: THIS IS THE SECOND REGISTRATION OF THE VESSEL "IN CONSEQUENCE OF ALTERATIONS IN
TONNAGE
UNDER ILLEGIBLE 85TH SECTIONS OF THE M.S.A.") ]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-3192, VOL. 453. Mills List #1568
CONSTANCE
Mills List
1191, 116 x 20 x 11
Owned by
Dominion Government,
to W. N. MacDonald, Sydney N. S. 1919;
Margaree Steamship Co. 1927.
Built by
Polson Iron Works, Owen Sound Ont. and launched 12/11/1891.
Engine
18-36 x 24.
Vessel Description
Fisheries cruiser
Used
Pictou-Charlottetown. New service to Labrador 1922-23.
Closing Information
Removed from Register 1966.