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File:1986-0776-001-aj-cs.jpeg
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Permalink to source: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/coll/50/838/1986-0776-001-aj-cs.jpeg
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/
OBJECT TYPE: SCREW STEAMER/PASSENGER LINER (model)
DATE: 1898
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0776.001
MANUFACTURER: Bassett-Lowke Ltd.
MODEL: PRINCE GEORGE
LOCATION: London, England
General Description: Hull constructed of Scandinavian pine/ fittings are brass, & some are silver-plated/ glass portholes
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.
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.
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| current | 12:14, 9 October 2024 | | 750 × 947 (244 KB) | Sarah Taylor (talk | contribs) | Permalink to source: https://files.ingeniumcanada.org/items/coll/50/838/1986-0776-001-aj-cs.jpeg<br> 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>... |
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