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== Summary ==
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Source: Bassett-Lowke Ltd., Ship model, circa 1898, Artifact no. 1986.0776, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0776.001/ <br>
OBJECT TYPE:  SCREW STEAMER/PASSENGER LINER (model)<br>
DATE: 1898 <br>
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0776.001 <br>
MANUFACTURER: Bassett-Lowke Ltd. <br>
MODEL: PRINCE GEORGE <br>
LOCATION: London, England <br>
General Description: Hull constructed of Scandinavian pine/ fittings are brass, & some are silver-plated/ glass portholes <br>
Narative: built in 1898, the Prince George, together with a sister-ship, the Prince Arthur, provided daily passenger service between Yarmouth, NS & Boston, MA. during the summer months. In 1912, the Dominion Atlantic Railway sold the Prince George & 2 other ships to the Eastern Steamship Corp.<br>
The Prince ships offered the largest, fastest and most luxurious passenger service seen in the Maritimes at the turn of the century. The machinery was the Schleck-Yarrow, Tweedie system which was the first time it was used in North America.<br>