BLUE BELL
Date Registered:
[ 1906/05/17 ] Official Number: [ 121849 ]. Mills No. 0598.
registered anew
First Registration
Name: [ BLUE BELL ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 6/1906 ] Date Registered: [
1906/05/17 ] Official Number: [ 121849 ]
Original Building Information:
Built By: [ POLSON IRON WORKS, TORONTO ONT. ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [ 1906
]
Length: [ 138.00 ] Beam: [ 30.00 ] Gross: [ 580.55 ] Net: [ 426.71 ]
Vessel Description:
Passenger Ferry. Deck: [ TWO ] Type: [ LAPPED STEEL ] Stern: [ROUND
]
Gallery: [NONE ] Stem: [ ROUND ] Frame: [ STEEL ] Propulsion: [ STEAM PADDLE WHEEL ] Number of Masts: [
TWO
] Type of Rig: [ FORE AND AFT ]
First Engine:
Type of Engine: [ COMPOUND JET CONDENSING ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date Built: [ 1906 ] Built by:
[POLSON
IRON WORKS, TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ 42.16 ] Unit Horsepower: [NOMINAL]
Closing Information
Date Registration Closed: [ 1959/07/27 ] Reason Closed: [REGISTERED ANEW ON ACCOUNT OF MATERIAL
ALTERATIONS
IN DIMENSIONS AND TONNAGE ... POWER FROM STEAM TO SAIL ] Place Closed: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-7635, VOL. 484 and Mills List
HERCULES Hercules' Story
Date Registered:
[ 1906/10/27 ] Official Number: [ 122217 ], Mills List #2379
transfered
First Registration
Name: [ HERCULES ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ]
Registriation:
[ 26/1906 ] Date Registered: [ 1906/10/27 ] Official Number: [ 122217 ] First Registration: [ YES ].
Built
for Dominion Government
Original Building Information:
Built By: [ POLSON IRON WORKS LIMITED TORONTO ONT. ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built:
[
1906 ] Length: [ 100.00 ] Beam: [ 23.10 ] Gross: [ 233.67 ] Net: [136.92]
Vessel Description:
Tug. Deck: [ ONE ] Type: [ LAPPED STEEL ] Stern: [TORPEDO ]
Gallery:
[NONE ] Stem: [ PLAIN ] Frame: [ STEEL ] Propulsion: [ STEAM SCREW ] Number of Masts: [ NONE ] Type of
Rig:
[ NONE ]
First Engine:
Type of Engine: [ TRIPLE EXPANSION ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date
Built: [
1906 ] Built by: [POLSON IRON WORKS LIMITED TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ 65.40 ] Unit Horsepower: [NOMINAL ].
Mills List: 13 1/2 - 22 - 36
Boiler Information
Type of Boiler: [ ILLEGIBLE STEEL PRESSURE ] Number of Boilers: [ONE ] Built by: [FLEMING & FERGUSON
PAISLEY SCOTLAND ] Date: [1894 ]
Closing Information
Date of Reason Closed: [1964/06/21 ] Reason Closed: [TRANSFERRED ] Place Closed: [ QUEBEC, QUEBEC,
CANADA
]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-7635, VOL. 484
NAVARCH
Registration
Mills List Update: #3894
Built by:
Polson Iron Works, Toronto
Owned by:
A. J. Barge, Windsor Ontario, 1906;
to Ontario Government 1909;
Polson Iron Works 1917.
Closing Information:
Destroyed by fire October 4, 1922, Charlton, Ontario.
PIKOUAGAMI
Registration
125991
Mills List Update: #4323
Built by:
Polson Iron Works, Toronto
Owned by:
Quebec & Lake St. John Railway 1906;
G. Lindsay, Taillon Que. 1912.
Type of Vessel:
65 x 18 x 4. 57 gross tons. Sternwheeler. Steel frame and machinery for
tug. Assembled at Roberval, Quebec
Engines (2) 7 x 30 by Polson.
Other Information:
Pikouagami is Indian name for Lake St. John.