Steamer "Longford", 1890
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Steamer "Longford", 1890. Built in 1887. Length 80 feet, tonnage 36.24. 60-horsepower engine and an extra-large boiler. It had two decks, a lounge-cabin and a hurricane deck.
- Notes
- The Longford did a lot of towing but was also in demand for taking passengers, and was licensed to carry forty. Longford usually sailed twice-daily from Orillia to Rama, Longford Mills, and the Portage to Lake St. John. Longford plied for 18 years.
- Date Of Event
- ca. 1890
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 11.5cm
Image Height: 16.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- OR_382
- Collection
- Orilliana
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.66681 Longitude: -79.36632
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Orillia Public Library
