SIESTA
First Registration
Name: [ SIESTA ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 1/1889 ] Date Registered: [
1889/03/27 ] Official Number: [ 92737 ] First Registration: [ YES ]
Original Building Information
Built By: [ THE POLSON IRON WORKS COY. ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [ 1888 ]
Length:
[ 31.40 ] Beam: [ 7.20 ] Gross: [ 3.46 ] Net: [ 235]
Vessel Description
Deck: [ NONE ] Type: [ CARVEL ] Stern: [ROUND ] Gallery: [NONE ] Stem: [ PLAIN ] Frame: [ OAK ]
Propulsion:
[ STEAM SCREW ] Number of Masts: [ NONE ] Type of Rig: [ NONE ]
First Engine
Type of Engine: [ SINGLE VERTICAL HIGH PRESSURE ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Built by: [THE POLSON IRON
WORKS
COMPANY TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ 6.00 ] Unit Horsepower: [COMBINED ]
Closing Information
Date of Reason Closed: [1930/08/15 ] Reason Closed: [NO INFORMATION OBTAINABLE - REGISTRY NOTED ]
Remark:
[(NOTE: "AMENDED" CLOSURE STATES "REGISTRY NOTED THIS 15TH DAY OF AUGUST 1930. VESSEL
SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF EXISTENCE".) ]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-3192, VOL. 453
UNDINE
First Registration
Name: [ UNDINE ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ]
Registriation: [
8/1889 ] Date Registered: [ 1889/08/21 ] Official Number: [ 94981 ] First Registration: [ YES ]. Mills
#5577
Original Building Information
Built By: [ POLSON IRON WORKS CO TORONTO ] Built At: [
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [ 1889 ] Length: [ 49.00 ] Beam: [ 8.70 ] Gross: [ 17.07 ] Net: [
14.85 ], 49 x 9 x 4
Vessel Description
Deck: [ ONE ] Type: [ CARVEL ] Stern: [ROUND ] Stem: [ PLAIN ]
Frame: [
OAK ] Propulsion: [ STEAM SCREW ]. 17 gross tons. Wooden yacht.
First Engine
Type of Engine: [ VERTICAL ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date Built: [ 1889 ] Built by: [THE POLSON IRON
WORKS
CO TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ 10.00 ] Unit Horsepower: [COMBINED ]
Owned by
Polson Iron Works
Closing Information
Date of Reason Closed: [1910/11/09 ] Reason Closed: [SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF EXISTENCE - REGISTRY NOTED
]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-3192, VOL. 453, Mills List #5577
MIZPAH
Date Registered
[ 1889/09/03 ] Official Number: [ 94982 ]
broken up and unfit for further service. Note: transactions continue in later documents
Mills List: #3755
First Registration
Name: [ MIZPAH ] Location: [TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 9/1889 ] Date Registered: [
1889/09/03 ] Official Number: [ 94982 ] First Registration: [ YES ]
Original Building Information
Built By: [ THE POLSON ITON WORKS CO. TORONTO ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date Built: [
1889 ]
Length: [ 51.70 ] Beam: [ 11.80 ] Gross: [ 18.05 ] Net: [ 12.28 ]
Vessel Description
Deck: [ ONE ] Type: [ CARVEL ] Stern: [ROUND ] Stem: [ PLAIN ]
Frame:
[OAK] Propulsion: [STEAM SCREW]
Ferry, later a yacht.
First Engine
Type of Engine: [ VERTICAL HIGH PRESSURE ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date Built: [ 1889 ] Built by: [THE
POLSON IRON WORKS COMPANY TORONTO ] Horsepower: [ 12.00 ] Unit Horsepower: [COMBINED ]
Owned by
Owned by Clark Bros., Toronto 1889;
to T. McCarrol & H. Manley, Toronto 1893, 1901;
D. Rumley, Owen Sound 1911, 1917
Closing Information
Date Registration Closed: [ 1908/08/01 ] Reason Closed: [BROKEN UP AND UNFIT FOR FURTHER SERVICE ]
Remark:
[(NOTE: TRANSACTIONS CONTINUE IN LATER DOCUMENT.) ]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-3192, VOL. 453, Mills List #3755
MANITOBA
First Registration
Date Registered: [ 1889/09/30 ] Official Number: [ 94879 ]. Mills
List
#3440.
scrapped
First Registration
Name: [ MANITOBA ] Location: [MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA ] Registriation: [ 14/1889 ] Date Registered: [
1889/09/30 ] Official Number: [ 94879 ]
Original Building Information
Built By: [ POLSON IRON WORKSCOMPANY LIMITED OWEN SOUND ] Built At: [ OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO, CANADA ] Date
Built: [ 1889 ] Length: [ 303.00 ] Beam: [ 38.10 ] Depth: [ 14.75 ] Gross: [ 2615.85 ] Net: [ 1699.37
]
Vessel Description
Passenger steamer. Deck: [ TWO ] Type: [ CLINKER ] Stern:
[ELLIPTICAL ]
Gallery: [NONE ] Stem: [ PLAIN ] Frame: [ STEEL ] Propulsion: [ STEAM SCREW ] Number of Masts: [ THREE ]
Type of Rig: [ SCHOONER ]
First Engine
Type of Engine: [ F & A COMPOUND ] Number of Engines: [ONE ] Date Built: [ 1883 ] Built by: [DAVID
ROWAN, GLASCOW ]. Horsepower: [ 166.50 ] Unit Horsepower: [N.H.P. ] Engine 30 - 64 x 48 by D. Rowan
&
Co., from "Algoma".
Boiler Information
Type of Boiler: [ LOADED PRESSURE ] Number of Boilers: [ONE ] Built by: [COLLINGWOOD SHIPBUILDING CO.
LTD.
COLLINGWOOD ONT. ] Date: [1914 ]. Mills List: 'Engine 30-64x48 by D. Rowan & Co., from
"Algoma".'
Owned by
Canadian Pacific Railway. Built by Polson iron Works, Owen Sound Ont. and launched 04/05/89. Carried 300
passengers.
Closing Information
Date Registration Closed: [ 1951/09/28 ] Date of Reason Closed: [1950/10 ] Reason Closed: [SCRAPPED ]
Remark: [(NOTE: PARTICULARS OF ORIGINAL ENGINE GIVEN BUT CROSSED OUT AND NOW ILLEGIBLE.) ]
Source of Data
N.A.C., RG-42, C-2470, VOL. 410, Mills List #3440
Carried 300 passengers.
Polson Iron Works of Owen
Sound -
The Building of the Manitoba
Article in Freshwater by Bruce Rudolph, 1995