Lansdowne

1884                                     Lansdowne                                       1978

Iron sidewheel cross-river railroad carferry

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 66
Launched May 10, 1884

319’ LOA, 294’ LBP, 41’3” beam, 13’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boilers, horizontal condensing engine, 1360 IHP

Enrolled Canadian
294.0 x 41.3 x 13.0, 1571 GT, 907 NT     Can 88629     to:
Grand Trunk Railway Co., Windsor ON (home port Windsor ON)

Entered service 1884

Net tons adjusted 1895 to 908

Firm purchased 1939 by Canadian National Railways,

 

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