PS Accommodation
Template:Short description The Canadian Paddle Steamer Accommodation was the first successful steamboat built entirely in North America.[1][2]
Financed by brewer John Molson, she was constructed by John Jackson and John Bruce in Montréal in 1809, using engines built in Forges du Saint-Maurice, Trois-Rivières (long known for ironmongery).[1] At a cost of £2000 she had two open-faced paddle wheels and an optional sail.[1]
Her maiden voyage was a thirty-six-hour run from Montréal to Québec City[3] on November 3, 1809.[4]
She was not a commercial success; by 1810, Molson had lost £4000 on her, and she was broken up for scrap.[1] She nevertheless pioneered steam packets on the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes;[2] by 1819, there were seven in regular service on the river,[1] while the lakes featured Template:PS on Lake Ontario, General Stacey Smyth on the Saint John River, and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (famous for making the first transatlantic crossing under steam in 1831) on the Québec City-Halifax run.[5]
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Notes
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- ↑ a b c d e Marsh, John. "Accommodation" in The Canadian Encyclopedia. Volume 1, p.10. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1988
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- ↑ Barris, Ted. "Steamboats and Paddle Wheelers" in The Canadian Encyclopedia. Volume 4, p.2075. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1988
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Further reading
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- Charlebois, Peter. Sternwheelers & Sidewheelers, The Romance of Steamdriven Paddleboats in Canada. 1978.