Résultats

      In 1834, the fire department purchased a new ten-man hand-operated pumper known as the "Man Killer," as well as a horse drawn wagon to carry axes, a horse-drawn ladder wagon, a hand-operated pump with leather hose, and a water wagon.

      The Niagara Fire Department purchased this early apparatus in 1834. This hand pump engine was probably one of the first hand pumpers built by James Smith of New York City. Between 1810 and the 1860s, Smith manufactured close to 500 hand pumpers.

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      1834, June 26 Launched

      Final Date: 1866; Dimensions (LBD): 145' x 23.6' x 11' ; 1837 Owned British War Office 1840, November 18 Lost chains & tiller in heavy gale 1844, May 30 Owned Russel Chambers & Captain Sutherland 1845 Converted to towboat 1851 Owned Calvin & Company, Garden Island, Ontario; Original Owner: John …

      1837, Aug Capsized, Lake Ontario; towed to Hamilton, ONT, repaired. 1837 Rebuilt as bark. 1877 Owned Cabadian Navigation Co.

      1849 Rebuilt, Hamilton, Ontario 1854 "Fore & aft"; owned Zeeland, Hamilton, Ontario 1854, October 27 Ashore Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie

      Final Date: 1837; Dimensions (LBD): 110' x 30' x 0' ; 1834, Jun 28 First arrived Kingston; ran Ottawa River. 1837 Abandoned.; Original Owner: Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Co.

      Other Names: HAMILTON; 1833 Used on Lake Ontario. 1836 Renamed HAMILTON; rebuilt, Kingston, ONT, 300 tons; owned N. Hewson, Hamilton, ONT. 1839 Owned Ottawa Co. 1840 Rebuilt as a barge; renamed UNION. 1842 Owned D. Bethune. ; Original Owner: J. Mills

      1836 Rebuilt as barge.

      Other Names: GODERICH; 1834 Built to run Goderich - Sandwich (Windsor), ONT with passengers & freight. 1839, Jul In collision with steamer ERIE at Malden, ONT, sunk in Detroit River; renamed GODERICH. 1841 Engine & boiler offered for sale, not known if hull raised.